Attempted and Killed

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Attempted adjective - Tried unsuccessfully.

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Killed and attempted are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Killed" instead a verb "Attempted".

Nearby Words: attempt, attempting

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Attempted and killed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attempted" instead a verb "Killed".

Nearby Words: kill, killing, killer

King Mithridates VI of Pontus attempted this when about to be killed by the Romans.

Source: Better to Die than Be Killed
Two years after the film's release, Koton, who had returned to real police work after the movie, was shot and killed while apprehending a suspect in the attempted murder of a police officer.

Source: Life Imitates Art
Gavrilo Princip, the man who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand and set off World War I, attempted to do this, but the cyanide was too old and his gun was wrenched out of his hands.

Source: Better to Die than Be Killed

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