Escort and Target

Escort

Escort verb - To go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship.

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Target and escort are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Target" instead a verb "Escort".

Nearby Words: escorted, escorting

Target verb - Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal.

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Escort and target are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Escort" instead a verb "Target".

Nearby Words: targeted, targe, targeting

original	original escort	original target
difficult	difficult escort	difficult target
small	small escort	small target
actual	actual escort	actual target
Other adjectives: massive, wrong, potential, main, new, frequent, final, military, primary, smaller, civilian, favorite.

person	escort person	target person
party	escort party	target party
people	escort people	target people
member	escort member	target member
Other words: ally, body, men, someone, way, car, humans, kids, civilians, players.

God of War has a more notable escort mission in the form of the second stage of the final boss, where you must protect a stationary target from a horde of enemies.

Source: Escort Mission
Alpha Strike: This is pretty much the escort's specialty; blitzing a target with massed torpedo and cannon fire to (hopefully) decimate the target before it has a chance to retaliate.

Source: Video Game / Star Trek Online
Any escort mission in a higher level dungeon, especially when you don't know what the target floor is.

Source: That One Sidequest

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