Captures
Encounters and captures are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Encounters" instead a verb "Captures".
Encounters
Captures and encounters are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captures" instead a verb "Encounters".
Both words in one sentence
- Pokémon: The Mew-sical has one as Ash encounters a man who wants to trade his Farfetch'd, captures Squirtle, Charmander, and Bulbasaur, and encounters Team Rocket.
Source: Time-Compression Montage - Subverted in MOTHER 3 , where the the player encounters scouting parties at the first few MacGuffins, while the Enigmatic Minion captures its opposing number.
Source: One True Sequence -
In the manga, Sakura first encounters it at school, then at home, failing to capture it each time, then finally at home again, where she captures it by figuring out that it's just injured and agitated.
Source: Manga / Card Captor Sakura
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Encounters and Captures. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/captures/encounters
Captures & Encounters. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/captures/encounters>.
Encounters or Captures. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/captures/encounters.
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