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English Synonyms and Antonyms

by James Champlin Fernald

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Attack , v. & n. ( pages 63 , 64 ).

Questions.

1. What special element is involved in the meaning of attack? 2. How do assail and assault differ? 3. What is it to encounter? how does this word compare with attack? How does attack differ from aggression?

Examples.

We see time's furrows on another's brow,
And death intrench'd, preparing his ——;
How few themselves in that just mirror see!

Who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open ——?

Roger Williams —— the spirit of intolerance, the doctrine of persecution, and never his persecutors.

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