Flag and Handle

Flag

Flag noun - A piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling.

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Handle and flag are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Handle" instead a noun "Flag".

Nearby Word: flagging

Handle noun - A part by which an implement is held.

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Flag and handle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flag" instead a noun "Handle".

Nearby Words: hand, handled, handling, handler, handhold

old	old flag	old handle
distinctive	distinctive flag	distinctive handle
similar	similar flag	similar handle
certain	certain flag	certain handle
Other adjectives: instant, current, green, obvious, small, actual, real, massive, large, big, huge, little, tiny, new, makeshift, former, yellow, red.

flag truth

handle truth

As far as multiplayer weapons go, the game has plenty, but they're the "more damage than the player can handle" variety instead of the "death flag" variety.

Source: One Hit Kill / Video Games
You're still flying just one ship instead of commanding an organization, and there isn't a single mission available that makes more sense for a flag officer to handle rather than a captain (for that matter some of them actually make more sense for enlisted personnel rather than officers, period).

Source: Video Game / Star Trek Online
Roberta does this with a beer mug — holding just the handle — at the Yellow Flag in Black Lagoon, one of the few hints we get that she's an utter Badass before she breaks out the kevlar-lined Parasol of Pain and starts blasting people to hell.

Source: A Glass in the Hand

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