Gambits
Sacrifices and gambits are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sacrifices" instead a noun "Gambits".
Sacrifices
Gambits and sacrifices are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gambits" instead a noun "Sacrifices".
Both words in one sentence
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Some have become obsolete, like Romantic chess (a style relying heavily on dramatic flourishes such as always taking gambits and making unexpected Heroic Sacrifices).
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Batman Gambit: The mother of all Gambits happens in the first series, where Adam Warlock manipulates most of earths most powerful heroes, a whole host of universal entities, and sacrifices nearly all of them just to get Thanos to raise his hand at a specific moment.
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However, XANA is an interesting case in that unlike many villains, he actually learns from this defeat; in later seasons, he actually anticipates both Aelita and Franz Hopper making Heroic Sacrifices and take advantage on it to pull out Batman Gambits.
Source: Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
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