Cleave and Hit

Cleave

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

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

Nearby Words: cleavage, cleaver, cleaving

Hit verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.

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Cleave and hit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cleave" instead a verb "Hit".

Nearby Word: hitting

men	cleave men	hit men
way	cleave way	hit way
head	cleave head	hit head
damage	cleave damage	hit damage
Other words: planet, target, opponent, enemy, enemies.

Problem is that as soon as you get close to the enemy it will usually cleave about 1/3 to 1/2 of your dragon's hit points away.

Source: Demonic Spiders / Hack and Slash
An Axe to Grind: Axes are fairly strong weapons that can cleave through to hit multiple targets.

Source: Video Game / Dungeon Crawl
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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