Bristling and Close

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Close and bristling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Close" instead an adjective "Bristling".

Nearby Words: bristle, bristly, bristled

Close adjective - Having little space between items or parts.

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Bristling and close are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bristling" instead an adjective "Close".

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

Penitent Engines and Dread Knights look like this, both of them are walkers bristling with devastating close-range weaponry - with pilots intentionally left fully exposed to enemy fire.

Source: Awesome But Impractical / Tabletop Games
Additionally, troops may run away from a single piece of cover and spread out which can be good considering enemy indirect fire... other times, a man will do so and strangely put himself close to an enemy squad bristling with sub-machine guns, or more illogically yet, a tank facing him.

Source: Video Game / Company of Heroes

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