Block
Parries
Both words in one sentence
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Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do combat philosophy (by definition not a distinct style) gets its name from the idea that every move has the potential to end the fight, so a block is a re-purposed attack, and parries are matched with a simultaneous counterattack.
Source: Attack! Attack! Attack!
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Parries and Block. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 09, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/block/parries
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Parries or Block. 2016. Accessed August 09, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/block/parries.
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