Absorb
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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You can either shoot him, like that... or stuff'll jump at you, and he'll absorb a hit for ya.
Source: Companion Cube -
And he has a great deal of trouble with stuff outside his knowledge — when given a stack of books that explain a time machine, he complains that it would take 20 years and a team of expert assistants for him to absorb all the information.
Source: Omnidisciplinary Scientist - While it doesn't have the unique, superpowerful skills (Morning Star, Black Viper, Die For Me, Thunder Reign, Ragnarok, stuff like that), it does have the "Absorb x attribute" skills.
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Stuff and Absorb. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/absorb/stuff
Absorb & Stuff. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/absorb/stuff>.
Stuff or Absorb. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/absorb/stuff.
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