Absorb
Support
Support verb - To put up with (something painful or difficult).
Usage example: he simply cannot support the thought of having to go on living without his beloved wife at his side
Absorb and support are semantically related in aid topic. Sometimes you can use "Absorb" instead a verb "Support", if it concerns topics such as difficult.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Similarly the Advent's Iconus Guardian support cruiser is this; they can push back enemy ships and create a telepathic barrier to their movement, or project their powerful shields around friendly ships and absorb fire for them.
- He overpowers Black Zetsu and uses him as life support, then proceeds to shove his hand into Madara's chest and absorb some of the chakra.
Source: Determinator / Anime - While the runabout had its own life support systems, for its crew to operate outside the runabout, they needed an air supply beamed out with them, as non-shrunken air molecules would be hundreds of times too large for their shrunken lungs to absorb the oxygen within, and they would suffocate.
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