Defect and Kick

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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Kick and defect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Kick" instead a verb "Defect".

Kick verb - To express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely.

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Defect and kick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defect" instead a verb "Kick".

Nearby Words: kicked, kickback, kicker, kicking

similar	similar defect	similar kick
many	many defect	many kick
single	single defect	single kick
small	small defect	small kick
Other adjectives: powerful, real, big, serious, infamous, major, few, aforementioned.

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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