Den and Guard

Den

Den noun - The shelter or resting place of a wild animal.

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Guard and den are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Guard" instead a noun "Den".

Guard noun - A person or group that watches over someone or something.

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Den and guard are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Den" instead a noun "Guard".

old	old den	old guard
full	full den	full guard
original	original den	original guard
corrupt	corrupt den	corrupt guard
Other adjectives: real, big, huge, crooked, personal, secret, final, hidden, last, local, nearby, glorified, captured.

In Pillars of Eternity you can threaten a guard at a drug den with this if your Resolve is high enough.

Source: Ass Shove
Dean survives it; McNeal isn't so lucky... Officer and a Gentleman: Ensign van den Hoyt was chosen in Steel Gauntlet to be a body guard for a diplomat for precisely this reason.

Source: Literature / Starfist
Den of Iniquity Descent into Addiction Didn't See That Coming: Even a veteran detective gets thrown off guard from time to time.

Source: Series / Homicide Hunter

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