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attempted

British pronunciation/ɐtˈɛmptɪd/
American pronunciation/əˈtɛmptɪd/
attempted
[ADJECTIVE]
1

(of a crime, suicide, etc.) not done successfully

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1In an attempted prison break, three prisoners, Hymie Amberg, Bobbie Berg, and Red McKenna, killed a guard and the warden and ended up trapped behind a coal pile.
2It had matched a man by the name of kimberly ruffner, during the time of the match he was serving a 45 year prison sentence for rape, burglary and attempted murder.
3He continued to try to bully me, and I call it an attempted bullying, because an effective bullying causes change in the other persons behavior.
4Houraney sued for breach of contract while Harth filed her sexual harassment lawsuit, which also alleged attempted rape.
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