Defect and Sight

Defect

Defect noun - Something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing.

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

Sight noun - A position within view.

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Defect and sight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defect" instead a noun "Sight".

Nearby Words: sigh, sighted, sightly, sighting, sightless

physical	physical defect	physical sight
rare	rare defect	rare sight
similar	similar defect	similar sight
common	common defect	common sight
Other adjectives: poor, pretty, permanent, strange, different, aforementioned.

Non-white troops are killed on sight, even after the NAT allows the white troops to surrender, defect or flee.

Source: Literature / Northwest Front
If you are somehow not outstanding or have some defect like lacking stamina or having hereditary bad eye sight, the candidate drops out, meaning they end up killed and turned into sludge and fertilizer.

Source: Humans Are Bastards
Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Merlin flat-out wonders if Haarahld and Cayleb have some genetic defect affecting their "fight or flight" instincts as they both fail to flip out when he does something obviously high-tech.

Source: Literature / Safehold

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