Discard and Throw

Discard

Discard verb - To get rid of as useless or unwanted.

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Throw and discard are semantically related in toss topic. In some cases you can use "Throw" instead the word "Discard" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like throw away, throw out.

Nearby Words: discarded, discarding

Throw

Throw verb - To send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm.

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Discard and throw are semantically related in toss topic. Sometimes you can use "Discard" instead the word "Throw" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as throw away, throw out.

Nearby Words: thrown, throwing, thrower

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people	discard people	throw people
body	discard body	throw body
item	discard item	throw item
time	discard time	throw time
Other words: way, weapon, items, sword, everyone, gun, weapons, swords.

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Throw-Away Guns: One level leaves Mitchell with the use of only one arm, making him unable to reload and instead discard his emptied weapons for new ones.

Source: Video Game / Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Once the tome or sword is used up, Robin will automatically discard it, allowing a particularly fast player to grab it and throw it at an enemy.

Source: Breakable Weapons
On average he will clear the board (including himself), draw both players a ton a cards, discard all of yours, summon more minions, kill those, and then throw Pyroblasts who-knows-where.

Source: Video Game / Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

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