Contact and Withstand

Contact

Contact verb - To transmit information or requests to.

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Withstand and contact are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Withstand" instead a verb "Contact".

Nearby Words: contacted, contactor, contacting

Withstand verb - To refuse to give in to.

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Contact and withstand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contact" instead a verb "Withstand".

Nearby Word: withstanding

hit	contact hit	withstand hit
damage	contact damage	withstand damage

He is said to have "more fatalities than graduates", but an Elf who makes it through can withstand wearing an iron armor without even twitching from pain, while a simple direct contact with iron can kill an untrained Elf.

Source: Training from Hell
The only reason a starship can withstand so many hits from these missiles is that their engines' Drive Field prevents physical objects from coming into contact with the ship's hull — so the missiles have to be programmed to detonate an instant before they reach the target's Drive Field.

Source: Tabletop Game / Starfire

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