Attract and Generate

Attract

Attract verb - Exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away.

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Generate and attract are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Generate" instead a verb "Attract".

Generate verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Attract and generate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attract" instead a verb "Generate".

heat	attract heat	generate heat
kind	attract kind	generate kind
interest	attract interest	generate interest
amount	attract amount	generate amount
Other words: number, money, publicity, lots, objects, enemies, monsters.

Goes double for the English, who need to generate fewer Crosses than other factions to attract immigrants.

Source: Video Game / Colonization
Cinder and her team manipulate a public event to generate enough negative emotion to attract an entire legion of Grimm to attack the kingdom.

Source: Evil Plan
Also, revealing that you can do magic is a great way to attract the Spanish Inquisition (literally), and even magic can be overwhelmed by sheer numbers, especially with the Paradox those numbers generate.

Source: Tabletop Game / Mage: The Ascension

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