Backup and Escort

Backup

Backup noun - A crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement.

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Escort and backup are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Escort" instead a noun "Backup".

Nearby Word: backing

Escort noun - One that accompanies another for protection, guidance, or as a courtesy.

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Backup and escort are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backup" instead a noun "Escort".

Nearby Words: escorted, escorting

full	full backup	full escort
free	free backup	free escort
legal	legal backup	legal escort
proper	proper backup	proper escort
Other adjectives: cheap, potential, main, military, primary, competent, armed, hired, orbital.

The first is difficult to fail as you have plenty of backup otherwise, whereas the second requires you to play in a very specific (and rather vague) way to keep from having your escort be overrun by amoebas.

Source: Video Game / Metro 2033
A sizable chunk of the non-civilian chips were the Gallente escort, in discord as they realize what their own ship is doing, and the Caldari guards presumably don't have the backup or enough time to take down a mothership, the second-largest ship class in the universe.

Source: Ramming Always Works

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