Collect and Throw

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Collect verb - To gain emotional or mental control of.

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Throw is an antonym for collect.

Throw verb - To send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm.

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Collect is an antonym for throw in propel something through the air topic.

Nearby Words: thrown, throwing, thrower

people	collect people	throw people
body	collect body	throw body
stuff	collect stuff	throw stuff
bunch	collect bunch	throw bunch
Other words: item, money, food, water, items, balls, stones, objects, weapons.

Absolution has vastly more rubbish to collect and throw.

Source: Video Game / Hitman
Touching them is actually beneficial, because you collect them and can then throw them as projectiles.

Source: Video Game / Depict 1
And Reepicheep.Pattertwig: We could collect nuts.Reepicheep: Yes, and throw them at the Telmarines.

Source: Film / The Chronicles of Narnia

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