Cover and Splash

Cover

Cover verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.

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Splash and cover are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Splash" instead a verb "Cover".

Nearby Words: covered, covering, coverage, coverlet

Splash verb - Mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered.

Usage example: The mountain was splashed with snow

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Cover and splash are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cover" instead a verb "Splash".

good	good cover	good splash
high	high cover	high splash
solid	solid cover	solid splash
simple	simple cover	simple splash
Other adjectives: actual, real, black, decent, famous, white, last.

time	cover time	splash time
face	cover face	splash face

Averted in the rebooted Tomb Raider as some of the cover Lara can hide behind can be destroyed or worn down by explosions and bullets, and thrown incendiary weapons can splash their contents over the cover onto her.

Source: Concealment Equals Cover
Attack helicopters will spam rockets at players in cover, to try and kill them with splash damage.

Source: Video Game / E.Y.E.: Divine Cybermancy
Not only is its splash damage sufficient to get kills off indirect hits, but it blows cover to pieces and is fast and accurate.

Source: Fackler Scale of FPS Realism

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