Delay and Save

Delay

Delay verb - To move or act slowly.

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Save and delay are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Save" instead a verb "Delay".

Nearby Words: delayed, delaying, delayer

Save verb - To free from the penalties or consequences of sin.

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Delay and save are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Delay" instead a verb "Save".

Nearby Words: saving, saved, saver

life	delay life	save life
marriage	delay marriage	save marriage
someone	delay someone	save someone
time	delay time	save time
Other words: game, father, times, friends.

And then he drives into the building to save a kid, instead of, as a police officer, just calling the demolition company and telling them to delay the planned implosion.

Source: Outrun the Fireball
Sacrificing the entire crew to delay the death (there was no real way to save his life) of someone who very recently tried to murder them is not intelligent.

Source: Film / Flight of the Phoenix
It's also on a delay, so it's absurdly easy to save an enemy from your allies' ultimate if you're not directly talking to each other.

Source: Video Game / Smite

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