Ability and Device

Ability

Ability noun - The physical or mental power to do something.

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Device and ability are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Device" instead a noun "Ability".

Nearby Word: able

Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Ability and device are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Device".

good	good ability	good device
special	special ability	special device
similar	similar ability	similar device
common	common ability	common device
Other adjectives: specific, certain, standard, single, powerful, actual, great, little, main, magic, new, useful, hidden, flying, strange, magical, tactical.

Urai Fen is capable of much the same thing, except he trades in the ability to stun turrets while damaging them for a personal cloaking device and the ability to stun infantry.

Source: Video Game / Empire at War
To elaborate, Tucker's acquisition of the energy sword gave him the ability to remember events from alternate timelines created by Wyoming's temporal device and kill him.

Source: Machinima / Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles
Interestingly, his ability to recover from what would be considered intense physical trauma actually goes from a comedic device to an actual ability - as the Null, similar to Asuna, he naturally nullifies magic and magic artifacts, though his area of effect extends a bit beyond his body.

Source: Webcomic / Yosh!

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