Crush and Paranoia

Crush

Crush noun - A strong but often short-lived liking for another person.

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Paranoia and crush are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Paranoia" instead a noun "Crush".

Nearby Words: crushed, crushing, crusher

Paranoia noun - A psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur.

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Crush and paranoia are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crush" instead a noun "Paranoia".

Nearby Words: paranoid, paranoiac

old	old crush	old paranoia
original	original crush	original paranoia
mild	mild crush	mild paranoia
deep	deep crush	deep paranoia
Other adjectives: simple, raging, massive, intense, serious, little, slight, major, apparent, immense, growing, insane, obsessive, full-blown.

Extra paranoia is delivered via the Terror Missions, where the aliens deploy some exceptionally dangerous and terrifying Terror Units that you can't see, sometimes until it's too late and they're in range to shoot you, or worse, run into melee range to stab, crush, or impregnate you.

Source: Paranoia Fuel / Video Games
After nearly being killed by Arthas, though, that gentle side was replaced in Burning Crusade with paranoia, insanity and a desire to crush anyone he deems as a threat, which happens to be everyone not on his side.

Source: Jumping Off the Slippery Slope
If true, this would go well beyond Stalker with a Crush and into Paranoia Fuel.

Source: No Yay

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