Downed
Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Both words in one sentence
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Kill It with Fire: The Air Force "Sandy" attack planes drop napalm on the North Vietnamese troops to keep them away from downed American aviators.
Source: Film / Flight of the Intruder - Dawn of War II: Losing a mission due to all heroes being downed at the same time results in a game over screen reading Emergency Extraction, allowing you to keep all the wargear and experience you'd acquired.
Source: Teleportation Rescue - No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Memento Mori, the offerings that allows a killer to personally finish-off a victim with a wild flurry of blows after the killer puts their foot on the downed survivor's back to keep them from going anywhere.
Source: Videogame / Dead By Daylight
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