Risk and Try

Risk

Risk verb - Expose to a chance of loss or damage.

Usage example: We risked losing a lot of money in this venture

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Try and risk are semantically related In some cases you can use "Try" instead the word "Risk" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: risky, risked, riskiness, risking

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

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Risk and try are semantically related in attempt topic. Sometimes you can use "Risk" instead the word "Try" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: tried, trying

good	good risk	good try
special	special risk	special try
common	common risk	common try
reasonable	reasonable risk	reasonable try
Other adjectives: obvious, small, actual, real, perpetual, hard, big, great, huge, new, major, possible, less, impossible.

life	risk life	try life
attack	risk attack	try attack
people	risk people	try people
chance	risk chance	try chance
Other words: hand, death, time, way, war, everyone, lives.

Played quite straight in Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone, except the joining enemy was trying to kill you for 26 maps, and it takes less than 1 map to try and risk the male lead's life to save her.

Source: Plug 'n' Play Friends
In Half-Life 2, at least, not only do bodyshots towards headcrab zombies do less damage; they also risk leaving the headcrab itself alive to try to attack you.

Source: Boom, Headshot
On the flipside, you can try to cheat, getting a weak spellcast without actually using a cley - but you need (and risk) one cley to make the attempt.

Source: Tabletop Game / World Tree RPG

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