Can and Guard

Can

Can verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.

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Guard and can are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Guard" instead a verb "Can".

Guard verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Can and guard are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Can" instead a verb "Guard".

human	human can	human guard
old	old can	old guard
full	full can	full guard
special	special can	special guard
Other adjectives: normal, regular, original, dead, single, small, actual, entire, real, large, big, huge, blue, private, new, final, remaining, last, local, nearby, giant.

The upside to staying stealthy until you reach the base is that you catch them off-guard and can kill some of the enemy planes before they can, or as they're attempting to, take off, including a pair of cargo planes that lead you to an alternate mission if you shoot them down.

Source: Video Game / Ace Combat 2
Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Only for enemies in the first game - they can guard and can use "Forced Evasion".

Source: Video Game / Endless Frontier
If you tell the guard that you're "Croesus" (alternate translations "Kroisos" and "Creosote" can be found acceptable as well), the guard will leave without incident.

Source: The Dev Team Thinks Of Everything / NetHack

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