Damage and Return

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Damage noun - Something that causes loss or pain.

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Return is an antonym for damage in use topic.

Nearby Words: damaged, damaging, damageable

Return noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

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Damage is an antonym for return in loss topic.

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

good	good damage	good return
full	full damage	full return
better	better damage	better return
regular	regular damage	regular return
Other adjectives: actual, real, big, great, serious, little, potential, permanent, possible, less.

man	damage man	return man
body	damage body	return body
someone	damage someone	return someone
area	damage area	return area
Other words: amount, time, way, world, machine, car, player, everyone, gun.

They're primarily the tanks of a group's party due to their ability to take damage and return it in greater amounts.

Source: Video Game / ROSE Online
This pushes Hoichi to stop giving a shit about collateral damage and return to Exaxxion to bust things up.

Source: Manga / Cannon God Exaxxion
However, while the final boss's main attack always does 40-50 HP of damage, he will rarely receive more than Scratch Damage in return due to having a high defense.

Source: Health/Damage Asymmetry

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