Decoy and Try

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Decoy verb - Lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy.

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Try and decoy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "Decoy".

Nearby Words: decoyed, decoying

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

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Decoy and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decoy" instead a verb "Try".

Nearby Words: tried, trying

short	short decoy	short try
single	single decoy	single try
obvious	obvious decoy	obvious try
actual	actual decoy	actual try
Other adjectives: real, living, possible, final.

That's right - he flew his helicopter as a decoy to try to draw Exocet anti-ship missiles away from the ships.

Source: Warrior Prince
They try and save Peach by hiding her in the Dream World... and they fail again, because Bowser was savvy enough to switch her out for a decoy while they were hiding from the Dream Beats.

Source: You Are Too Late
Decoy Protagonist: The loading screen and Opening Narration when the DLC starts try to depict Jacob as this.

Source: Video Game / Assassin's Creed: Syndicate

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