Defect and Escape

Defect

Defect verb - Desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.

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Escape and defect are semantically related. in desert topic. In some cases you can use "Escape" instead a verb "Defect".

Escape verb - To get free from a dangerous or confining situation.

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Defect and escape are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defect" instead a verb "Escape".

mass	mass defect	mass escape
initial	initial defect	initial escape
single	single defect	single escape
entire	entire defect	entire escape
Other adjectives: real, big, personal, possible, eventual.

defect consequences

escape consequences

MookFace Turn: While stranded behind the DMZ in North Korea, Buck Danny talks a female soldier into helping him escape and defect to the South.

Source: Comicbook / Buck Danny
Durkon, a very lawful character, averts being Lawful Stupid nicely when he convinces Miko that the team wasn't trying to escape, their cages were open because of a mechanical defect.

Source: Exact Words / Web Comics
The core game has The God Machine who uses Rube Goldberg conspiracies like planting a slight mechanical defect in one specific car because years later one of his enemies will use that car to escape his grasp and the defect will kick in at that specific time.

Source: Crazy Prepared / Tabletop Games

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