Collect and Retrieve

Collect

Collect verb - To gain emotional or mental control of.

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Retrieve and collect are semantically related in recover topic. In some cases you can use "Retrieve" instead a verb "Collect".

Retrieve verb - To get again in one's possession.

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Collect and retrieve are semantically related in recover topic. Sometimes you can use "Collect" instead a verb "Retrieve".

soul	collect soul	retrieve soul
body	collect body	retrieve body
treasure	collect treasure	retrieve treasure
parts	collect parts	retrieve parts
Other words: piece, gold, jewels, item, data, money, information, evidence, fragments, items, relics, eggs, balls, objects, pieces, weapons, crystals, artifacts.

Scarface must battle various mob factions and retrieve the lost technology as the player progresses through the game, as well as collect trophy skulls and complete optional missions.

Source: Video Game / Predator: Concrete Jungle
For his failure to collect Dragon Balls (he managed to retrieve the Dragon Radar, but his superiors don't care), General Blue is used as a measuring stick for new baddie Tao Pai Pai.

Source: You Have Failed Me
And in most cases, in order to get a Realm's Heart, you need to collect a number of other items so that the current keeper can either retrieve it from wherever it's kept, or be able to spare it from whatever task it's being used for.

Source: Video Game / Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs

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