Facing
Facing noun - An ornamental coating to a building.
Nearly and facing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nearly" instead a preposition "Facing".
Nearly
Nearly adverb - To a close degree.
Facing and nearly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Facing" instead a preposition "Nearly".
Nearby Word: near
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Not only is the equipment a lot less refined; it also gets him nearly killed due to the various flaws, especially considering the more futuristic technology he's facing off against.
- She may have gotten her ass kicked nearly every time but she was facing off against a living god with just her Slayer powers.
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However, when facing off against Chaos 2 and Razer at the same time, it was able to nearly destroy Chaos 2, and caused enough damage to Razer to make it start smoking.
Source: Series / Robot Wars
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