Damage and Sap

Damage

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

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Sap and damage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sap" instead a verb "Damage".

Nearby Words: damaged, damaging, damageable

Sap verb - To diminish the physical strength of.

Usage example: weeks of hard work had sapped her and left her exhausted

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Damage and sap are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Damage" instead a verb "Sap".

time	damage time	sap time
health	damage health	sap health
morale	damage morale	sap morale
gun	damage gun	sap gun
Other words: points, opponents, buildings, stats.

The Soldier's unlockable boots called "the Mantreads" give him this ability - if the Soldier lands on an enemy and would have taken fall damage, then the fall damage is instead transferred to the poor sap he landed on.

Source: Goomba Stomp
Also, poison (while otherwise being your standard HP sap) percentally increases the damage of Moke's Toxic Shock spell.

Source: Damage-Increasing Debuff
Basil Hawkins, a minor character in One Piece, makes use of voodoo dolls that somehow transfer any damage done to him to whatever unlucky sap he managed to make a voodoo doll of.

Source: Synchronization

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