Ability and Extension

Ability

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

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

Nearby Word: able

Extension noun - The act of making longer.

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Ability and extension are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Extension".

human	human ability	human extension
high	high ability	high extension
full	full ability	full extension
special	special ability	special extension
Other adjectives: long, common, natural, certain, extreme, little, psychic, ultimate, new, final, additional, different, technical.

Piccolo from Dragon Ball has this ability as an extension of his Rubber Man power, though he only used it once against Goku in the original DB, and then against Garlic Junior in Z filler.

Source: Sizeshifter
One episode of Digimon Adventure 02 has a flashback of the season one characters giving up their ability to evolve past a certain level (and by extension, their ability to be of any use in a fight).

Source: Retcon / Anime and Manga
In Bungou Stray Dogs, nobody can use their ability while any part of Dazai's body is in contact with any part of their body (or, if their ability creates an extension like Akutagawa's coat or Steinbeck's vines, in contact with that).

Source: Power Nullifier

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