Damage and Restoring

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Damage verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.

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Restoring is an antonym for damage.

Nearby Words: damaged, damaging, damageable

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Damage is an antonym for restoring in topics: fix, give back.

Nearby Words: restore, restored, restoration, restorer

In the Pokémon games, Delibird's signature move Present, where Delibird reaches into its grab bag and hands out a mysterious gift to the target, has random chances of inflicting some damage or restoring some health instead.

Source: Rummage Fail
Instead, they can drag enemies to them and damage nearby enemies while restoring some mana to the hero.

Source: Video Game / King's Bounty
For example, one bug caused the "battery" item to deplete HP instead of restoring it, forcing many an AI to retreat and self-destruct after taking any amount of damage.

Source: Video Game / Scorched Earth

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