Encounters
Hits and encounters are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hits" instead the word "Encounters" as a noun or a verb.
Hits
Encounters and hits are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Encounters" instead the word "Hits" as a noun or a verb.
Both words in one sentence
- He hits on every female character he encounters (except May because she's "too young") and rejects the repairs offered to him by Crow.
Source: Funny / Guilty Gear - Ineffectual since most of Tony's encounters with him consist of the hero mocking his name (seriously, does he have to change it when he hits twenty-one?) before effortlessly defeating him.
- In Serenity: Leaves on the Wind the crew hits the lab where River was modified into a Tyke Bomb, and encounters a "completed" version of her.
Source: Curb Stomp Battle / Comic Books
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Hits and Encounters. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/encounters/hits
Encounters & Hits. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/encounters/hits>.
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