Discard
Discard verb - To get rid of as useless or unwanted.
Except and discard are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Except" instead a verb "Discard".
Nearby Words: discarded, discarding
Except
Except verb - To present an opposing opinion or argument.
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| love | discard love | except love |
| characters | discard characters | except characters |
| anyone | discard anyone | except anyone |
Both words in one sentence
- Waboku stops you taking damage that turn and stops your monsters from being killed, Hallowed Life Barrier is basically the same, except you need to discard a card to activate it, and all it does is nullify battle and effect damage, not protect monsters.
- Sounds good, except that the major flaw is the deck also contains the Professor Oak card, a card that will make the user discard their hand and then draw seven cards from their deck.
Source: Artificial Stupidity / RPG - Palpatine kills everyone except Galen, whom he crushes with his own ship and then rebuilds into his apprentice, promising to discard him the moment he outlives his usefulness.
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