Applied
Applied adjective - Capable of being put to use or account.
Both words in one sentence
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Since the damage is applied first (and the healing isn't applied if the target dies) you can also use it as an improvised 2-damage attack.
Source: Comically Inept Healing -
The player is likely to use the BFG only rarely to save up on ammo better applied in the plasma gun, as each BFG shot costs 40 cells and is overkill against the majority of mooks.
Source: Too Awesome to Use - Another option many languages use is to use an existing word in a metaphorical manner for a new concept - 'to broadcast' originally meant to scatter seeds before it became applied to transmitting messages.
Source: Useful Notes / Linguistics
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