Affect and Tear

Affect

Affect verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

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Tear and affect are semantically related in effect topic. In some cases you can use "Tear" instead a verb "Affect".

Tear verb - To cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it.

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Affect and tear are semantically related in effect topic. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Tear".

Nearby Words: tearful, tearing, teary, teardrop, tearless

party	affect party	tear party
life	affect life	tear life
people	affect people	tear people
body	affect body	tear body
Other words: someone, clothes, time, way, world, game, damage, target, anyone, city, player, humans, enemies.

While you can blind and temporarily disable yourself with flashbangs and sting grenades in singleplayer, tear gas grenades don't affect you or your team in any way.

Source: Video Game / SWAT 4
Brazil, in Assassination Games, has an entirely flat affect throughout the film, only shedding a tear at the very end of the film, as he lights a candle for October.

Source: The Stoic
Jade and Tear manage to stop him from causing an explosion, but as a side affect, Casim loses his eyesight.

Source: Never My Fault

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