Defect and Issue

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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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Issue and defect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Issue" instead the word "Defect" as a verb or a noun.

Issue verb - To produce and release for distribution in printed form.

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Defect and issue are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defect" instead the word "Issue" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: issued, issuing, issuance, issuer

similar	similar defect	similar issue
common	common defect	common issue
certain	certain defect	certain issue
single	single defect	single issue
Other adjectives: glaring, small, entire, real, big, serious, infamous, social, personal, major, mental, possible, minor, different, aforementioned.

Exact Words: In the "Superfriends" issue, Sinestro is about to attack the gang with his ring — only to have it defect to Shaggy and Scooby instead.

Source: Comic Book / Scooby Doo Team Up
One issue revealed that they went through no less than 4 different Skrulls who EACH KEPT TRYING TO DEFECT once they settled into the role.

Source: Becoming the Mask

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