Assist and Lead

Assist

Assist verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Lead and assist are semantically related In some cases you can use "Lead" instead a verb "Assist".

Lead verb - To point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front.

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Assist and lead are semantically related in accompany topic. Sometimes you can use "Assist" instead a verb "Lead".

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

humanity	assist humanity	lead humanity
party	assist party	lead party
force	assist force	lead force
movement	assist movement	lead movement
Other words: hero, people, group, family, someone, crew, squad, team, way, troops, police, times, forces, friends, players, survivors.

Shipping: In-universe, one of the mails you get is from a shipper sending you 32gb of fanfics and asking if Lead/Assist or Assault/Assist is canon.

Source: Video Game / Chroma Squad
BattleZone has a lead-assist marker for targeted enemies.

Source: Lead the Target
Lead the Target: There are ITTS radars and even mount Autotracking to assist with this.

Source: Video Game / Vega Strike

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