Advancing and Near

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Advancing adjective - Moving forward.

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Near and advancing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Near" instead the word "Advancing" as an adjective or a verb.

Nearby Words: advance, advanced, advancement, advancer

Near adjective - Being the less far of two.

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Advancing and near are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Advancing" instead an adjective "Near".

Nearby Words: nearly, nearby, nearness

Advancing Wall of Doom: The articulated, sectional wall near the escape from Nova Prospekt.

Source: Video Game / Half-Life 2 aka: Half-Life 2
Advancing Wall of Doom: One of the terran missions has a planet near a sun going supernova (which is, indeed, the name of the mission itself).

Source: Video Game / StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
US armor is advancing through a small village, and you have to destroy two bridges near said village(don't ask).

Source: Timed Mission

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