Default and Sacrifice

Default

Default verb - Fail to pay up.

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Sacrifice and default are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sacrifice" instead a verb "Default".

Nearby Words: defaulter, defaulting, defaulted

Sacrifice verb - To give up as an offering to a god.

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Default and sacrifice are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Default" instead a verb "Sacrifice".

original	original default	original sacrifice
many	many default	many sacrifice
real	real default	real sacrifice
big	big default	big sacrifice
Other adjectives: great, previous.

Knight: While a Mitigation Tank by default, certain support and abilities allow them to sacrifice some defense for more powerful attacks, allowing them to take the role of Blademaster.

Source: An Adventurer Is You
Oreg's death was a Heroic Sacrifice, but the enemies didn't see it coming, they were misled by the fact that Ward acted very kind towards them, as that's his default.

Source: Good Is Not Soft
Fortunately, the game hands out extra lives every 1 million points (by default); learning the various scoring tricks is the key to having enough extra lives to sacrifice in order to keep the rank from reaching Unwinnable by Design levels.

Source: Violation of Common Sense

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