Effect
Effect verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Herd
Herd verb - To urge, push, or force onward.
How words are described
| complete | complete effect | complete herd |
| huge | huge effect | huge herd |
| little | little effect | little herd |
| bad | bad effect | bad herd |
| Other adjectives: main, apparent, random, overall. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The effect is that the brothers get only one turn, but also a huge boost in attack power and turning all attacks into herd hitting attacks.
- Early on in City of Heroes, there was no limit to the amount of spawns a player could herd, or a limit on how many could be affected by an area of effect attack.
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Herd-Hitting Attack: A lot of Heller's powers have a large area of effect, but dropping down with Hammerfists pretty much guarantees affecting everything within the impact radius.
Source: Video Game / [PROTOTYPE 2]
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