Contra
Contra preposition - Opposed to; not for.
Shortly before and contra are semantically related in near topic. In some cases you can use "Shortly before" instead a preposition "Contra".
Shortly before
Contra and shortly before are semantically related in near topic. Sometimes you can use "Contra" instead a preposition phrase "Shortly before".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- moving and contra
- moving and shortly before
- nearly and contra
- nearly and shortly before
- approaching and contra
- approaching and shortly before
- toward and contra
- toward and shortly before
- against and contra
- against and shortly before
- facing and contra
- facing and shortly before
- nearing and contra
- nearing and shortly before
Both terms in one sentence
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The one-hit enemies from Contra series get knocked back shortly before exploding.
Source: Defeat Equals Explosion - The Contra series was briefly shortened to just "C" when Konami was trying to distance the games from the Iran-Contra affair that occurred shortly before the first Arcade Game's release.
Source: Officially Shortened Title
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