Avoid and Slide

Avoid

Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.

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Slide and avoid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slide" instead a verb "Avoid".

Slide verb - To move about in a sly or secret manner.

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Avoid and slide are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avoid" instead a verb "Slide".

Nearby Words: slid, sliding, slider

shots	avoid shots	slide shots
enemies	avoid enemies	slide enemies

It's only weak point is it's head so the pattern is avoid the diving slide, shoot, then jump to avoid the shockwave jump stomp.

Source: Shockwave Stomp
It's also useful to avoid an otherwise screen-filling fireball that Dark Demon likes to cheaply slide offscreen and shoot at you.

Source: Video Game / Dynamite Headdy
The presumption is they're too weak to avoid the move, but just strong enough to not slide onto the mat from their own body weight.

Source: Artistic License Martial Arts

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