Avail
Effect
Effect noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Common collocations
| nothing | avail nothing | effect nothing |
Both words in one sentence
- His friends on the ground try to reverse the effect to no avail, at which point one of them notices that a plane is flying directly above them.
Source: Victimized Bystander - Both villians try their hand to take it out with their own sorcery to no avail, then try it together; again, to no effect.
Source: Senseless Sacrifice -
Super-Persistent Missile: Invoked when a unit equipped with AA Missiles fires on a false radar signature and, to hilarious effect, by torpedo-equipped units trying to attack hover units to no avail.
Source: Video Game / Supreme Commander
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