Employ and Guard

Employ

Employ verb - To provide with a paying job.

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Guard and employ are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Guard" instead a verb "Employ".

Guard verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Employ and guard are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Employ" instead a verb "Guard".

device	employ device	guard device
attack	employ attack	guard attack
time	employ time	guard time
hell	employ hell	guard hell
Other words: attacks, machines.

In Dragon Bones about the only nice thing Ward's abusive father ever did was to employ Stala, a woman, as trainer for his guard.

Source: Pet The Dog / Literature
In The Emperor's Soul, Shai figures out a huge amount about the Blood Magic using guard her captors employ.

Source: Warrior Therapist
The Brothers began laying off "geeks," or the newest employees, who had no real tenure, hadn't caused the bank's crisis, and cost much less than the "old guard" to employ.

Source: Shoo Out the New Guy

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