Away and Outwards

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Away adverb - From this or that place.

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Outwards and away are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Outwards" instead an adverb "Away".

Outwards adverb - Toward the outside.

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Away and outwards are semantically related. You can use "Away" instead an adverb "Outwards".

Nearby Words: outward, outwardly

An actual technical way of avoiding this trope, of course, would be to have the thrusters mounted by the shoulders and/or pointing outwards with the thrust directed away from the user's body.

Source: Toasted Buns
During his rampage through the station, Hanover Fiste causes a part of it to collapse inwards (complete with a settling cloud of dust), instead of outwards (which would have sent debris floating away into space).

Source: Western Animation / Heavy Metal
Mercury's future is a bleak one, as most projections have it flinging itself outwards away from the Sun, with a strong possibility Earth will be in its cross-sights.

Source: Useful Notes / Mercury

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