Cleave and Damage

Cleave

Cleave verb - To hold to something firmly as if by adhesion.

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Damage and cleave are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Damage" instead a verb "Cleave".

Nearby Words: cleavage, cleaver, cleaving

Damage verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.

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Cleave and damage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cleave" instead a verb "Damage".

Nearby Words: damaged, damaging, damageable

man	cleave man	damage man
part	cleave part	damage part
way	cleave way	damage way
target	cleave target	damage target
Other words: opponent, enemy, enemies.

Combined with the stacked cleave, this could deliver more damage to the secondary targets than to the one actually shot at.

Source: Splash Damage Abuse
There's also Cleave, which requires a to-hit roll to damage your target, then does automatic damage to the guy standing next to him.

Source: Splash Damage Abuse
Kunkka of Dota 2 has his passive skill 'Tidebringer', which causes his first attack once in several seconds to hit everything in a quite long range in front of him for 100% of his damage, counting as cleave.

Source: Splash Damage Abuse

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