Caught
Caught adjective - Containing unborn young within the body.
Surprised
Surprised adjective - Taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment.
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Synonyms for Surprised
Caught and surprised are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Caught" instead a verb "Surprised".
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There also remains the possibility of someone slipping up (especially when surprised or caught off-guard), or someone not in the know saying it.
Source: Speak of the Devil - According to one interpretation, while God has complete knowledge of the past and present, he selectively uses his ability to see the future, and thus can be surprised or caught unprepared (by Satan's FaceHeel Turn, for instance).
Source: The Omniscient -
In another scene lava starts pouring into a wooden house, that miraculously hadn't caught fire already, which surprised instead of incinerated all of the characters there.
Source: Convection Schmonvection
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