Backup and Grant

Backup

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

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

Nearby Word: backing

Grant noun - A sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action.

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Backup and grant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backup" instead a noun "Grant".

Nearby Words: granted, granting, grantee, grantor

old	old backup	old grant
good	good backup	good grant
obvious	obvious backup	obvious grant
tough	tough backup	tough grant
Other adjectives: secret, supernatural, possible, last, efficient.

Where heroes get Hero Points to trade for bonuses and to pull off impossible stunts, villains get Villain Points which grant similar bonuses and also allow them to "actually" turn out to have been a robotic double all along, and other forms of instant escape/backup plan.

Source: Robotic Reveal
The only reason the story doesn't end there is due to another Chekhov's gun—a magical Quarter found earlier in the book by the protagonist, which turned out to grant an extra life—and IOI having some backup troops hanging around just outside the sector of space that got nuked.

Source: Total Party Kill

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