Engage and Face

Engage

Engage verb - To enter into contest or conflict with.

Usage example: the daring young captain was eager to engage the enemy

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Face and engage are semantically related. in attack topic. In some cases you can use "Face" instead a verb "Engage".

Nearby Words: engagement, engaging, engagingly

Face verb - To enter into contest or conflict with.

Usage example: the Boston Red Sox were eager to face their traditional rivals, the Yankees, in the play-offs

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Engage and face are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Engage" instead a verb "Face".

Nearby Words: faced, facing, facer, faceless

kind	engage kind	face kind
group	engage group	face group
army	engage army	face army
time	engage time	face time
Other words: way, bad, battle, boss, opponent, player, enemy, times, opponents, enemies, monsters.

When the Loroi and Umiak engage in space combat, their fleets are face to face with each other at considerable long distances.

Source: Standard Starship Scuffle
They never contact the human race in any way and the two sides engage in a war without either side ever seeing the other face-to-face.

Source: Inscrutable Aliens
For example, one "sport" Orks engage in is a face-eating contest, where an Ork and a face-eater Squig try to see who can eat the other's head first.

Source: Extreme Omnivore / Tabletop Games

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