Alter
To throw
Both terms in one sentence
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She goes so far as capturing Sylar, burning a dead shapeshifter who looks like Sylar in order to throw off suspicion, getting shapeshifter Sylar to turn into Nathan, and then having Matt Parkman alter Sylar's memories and personality to actually BECOME Nathan Petrelli. Creeeeepy.
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While they can be killed, it's implied that destroying their physical constructs doesn't really do much to slow them down since they can alter the flow of time and just call more troops in from the past, present, or future to throw at you.
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He even builds a network of relationships between his alter egos, which he uses to throw off suspicions: Wilmore and Monte Cristo are supposed to be bitter enemies, while Busoni is a friend of both and is greatly perplexed by their rivalry.
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