Cover
Harbor
Harbor noun - Something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger.
Usage example: seeking a harbor from the drenching rain, we unfortunately chose a bank where a robbery was taking place
Cover is a synonym for harbor in attack topic. Sometimes you can use "Cover" instead the word "Harbor" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as refuge, place for seclusion.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- When Reese goes to therapy in Season 4 as part of his police detective cover identity, his therapist is unable to properly treat his Chronic Hero Syndrome because of the secrets he has no choice but to harbor.
Source: There Are No Therapists -
Needle in a Stack of Needles: Boris is smart: he conducts business in the overcrowded Rotterdam harbor under cover of dark.
Source: Video Game / Hitman - A decadent and weak ruler who bankrupted the state and let the warships rot in the harbor, when the Fourth Crusade arrived on the scene he sneaked out of the city under cover of night, abandoning his daughters and wife but taking with him what was left of the treasury.
Source: Useful Notes / Byzantine Empire
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