Dive and Pounce

Dive

Dive verb - To cast oneself head first into deep water.

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Pounce and dive are semantically related In some cases you can use "Pounce" instead the word "Dive" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: dived, diver, diving

Pounce

Pounce verb - Move down on as if in an attack.

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Synonyms for Pounce

Dive and pounce are semantically related in leap topic. You can use "Dive" instead the word "Pounce" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as leap at.

Nearby Words: pounced, pouncing

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Related pairs

How words are described

final	final dive	final pounce
lethal	lethal dive	lethal pounce

Common collocations

tower	dive tower	pounce tower
enemies	dive enemies	pounce enemies

Both words in one sentence

It's even a viable strategy to send a single plane down low as bait, wait for the whole enemy team to pounce on it, and then dive on them from above at your leisure.

Source: Video Game / War Thunder
That, and some dive bomb when the pounce, becoming a bullet made of meat.

Source: Video Game / Cubivore

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