Energy and Recoil

Energy

Energy noun - A spiritual force that is held to emanate from or give animation to living beings.

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Recoil and energy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recoil" instead a noun "Energy".

Recoil noun - The backward jerk of a gun when it is fired.

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Energy and recoil are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Energy" instead a noun "Recoil".

Nearby Words: recoiled, recoiling

high	high energy	high recoil
low	low energy	low recoil
special	special energy	special recoil
sufficient	sufficient energy	sufficient recoil
Other adjectives: powerful, massive, little, less, negative, additional, magical.

This can be somewhat more justified if the weapon in question is an energy weapon like a laser and recoil is a non-issue, or if the wielder is wearing strength-enhancing Power Armor that makes them strong enough to compensate for the recoil.

Source: Chainsaw Grip BFG
In Oni the ballistic weapons all have fairly realistic recoil (the energy weapons, on the other hand, have none...).

Source: Law of Inverse Recoil
Whether an energy weapon would produce enough recoil to do this is another question entirely.

Source: Law of Inverse Recoil

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