Cover and Stray

Cover

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

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

Nearby Words: covered, covering, coverage, coverlet

Stray

Stray verb - To commit an offense.

Cover and stray are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cover" instead a verb "Stray".

Nearby Words: strayed, straying

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

old old cover old stray
black black cover black stray
final final cover final stray

Common collocations

world cover world stray world

Both words in one sentence

  • Concealment Equals Cover Also, due to how shooting works in the game, it's also entirely possible for a stray bullet to kill one of your teammates regardless of cover.
  • In the remake, Enemy Unknown, stray shots from laser or plasma weapons have a penchant for wearing down most covernote from high cover to low cover, and destroying low cover completely.
  • Basque Grand "accidentally" shoots the commander for this, and everyone else instantly agrees to the cover story that it was a stray bullet.
    Source: Glory Hound
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