Attempted and Try

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Attempted

Attempted adjective - Tried unsuccessfully.
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Try is a synonym for attempted. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "Attempted".
Nearby Words: attempt, attempting

Try

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.
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Attempted is a synonym for try. Sometimes you can replace term "Attempted" with "Try", this verbs are similar.
Nearby Words: tried, trying

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  • Franchise / Gamera Flipping Helpless: This is attempted several times in the series to try to stop Gamera: In the first film, the army attempted to invoke this to stop him.
    Source: Franchise / Gamera
  • Doppleganger Attack: Remy attempted this to try and battle Timmy, Tootie and Trixie all at the same time.
    Source: Fan Fic / Burning Black
  • Don't Try This at Home At the end of The Men Who Stare at Goats a note includes that people shouldn't try several of the attempted psychic abilities at home, including mind control and cloudbursting while driving.
    Source: Don't Try This at Home
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