Elevator
Elevator noun - Lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building.
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Synonyms for Elevator
Platform and elevator are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Platform" instead a noun "Elevator".
Platform
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- The elevator/platform sound is used for the vertical sliding doors in the Laboratory in Resident Evil 2, and sliding train doors in Resident Evil 0.
Source: Doom Doors -
This tropes is most common in early nineties Beat 'em Up games, which often used a moving platform rather than an enclosed elevator, allowing the player to throw enemies off the side.
Source: Elevator Action Sequence - But after finishing the first part of the boss fight, it will break the elevator causing you ride on the falling platform with the boss chasing after you until it's killed.
Source: Elevator Action Sequence
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