Cover and Throw

Cover

Cover noun - A piece placed over an open container to hold in, protect, or conceal its contents.

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Throw and cover are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Throw" instead the word "Cover" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: covered, covering, coverage, coverlet

Throw noun - A risky undertaking.

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Cover and throw are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cover" instead the word "Throw" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: thrown, throwing, thrower

old	old cover	old throw
good	good cover	good throw
high	high cover	high throw
perfect	perfect cover	perfect throw
Other adjectives: complete, standard, original, front, single, simple, heavy, bad, excellent, main, back, new, final, last.

However, in Mass Effect 3, enemies have learned to throw grenades behind your cover — and you can return the favor by grabbing a heavy sniper rifle and sniping enemies through cover.

Source: Improbable Cover
Unwinnable by Design: The author warns that this will turn nearly any map into an unplayable campaign of tears, as most classic Doom maps don't have adequate cover and throw lots and lots of enemies at the player in bum rushes.

Source: Video Game / Hideous Destructor
Rather, he can throw batarangs (and a few other gadgets) and ambush patrolling goons from cover positions.

Source: Take Cover

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