Choose
Choose verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.
Usage example: choose a computer that best suits your needs
Discard
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Sadistic Choice: The Torturer card makes you choose whether to discard cards or take a Curse.
Source: Tabletop Game / Dominion -
Unless they choose guns with the same type of ammunition as the enemies they encounter this trope can happen when the player runs out of ammo and has to discard their weapon and scoop up an enemy's.
Source: Throw-Away Guns -
A handful of Magic: The Gathering cards play like the puzzle variation, where one player splits a group of cards into piles that the other must choose to use/keep or discard.
Source: Judgment of Solomon
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