Detect and Focus

Detect

Detect verb - To come upon after searching, study, or effort.

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Focus and detect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Focus" instead a verb "Detect".

Focus verb - To fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective.

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Detect and focus are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Detect" instead a verb "Focus".

Nearby Words: focused, focal, focusing

ability	detect ability	focus ability
energy	detect energy	focus energy
life	detect life	focus life
people	detect people	focus people
Other words: light, magic, energies, thoughts, units, powers.

This comes up again at the end of the game when Letho swapped out Sile's good focus for one with a hard-to-detect flaw.

Source: Video Game / The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings aka: The Witcher 2
His hearing is enhanced in a similar manner, allowing him to detect sounds ordinary humans couldn't hear at a greater distances, enough to hear a teardrop in another room that have thick walls with enough focus.

Source: Comic Book / Wolverine
There are moves such as Protect or Detect that block the attack, the withstanding move Endure that spares 1 HP, the item Focus Sash which does the same, and the effects of the ability Sturdy, which makes it impossible for 1-hit KO.

Source: Death-or-Glory Attack

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