Guard and Pet

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Guard verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Pet and guard are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pet" instead a verb "Guard".

Pet verb - To touch or handle in a tender or loving manner.

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Guard and pet are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Guard" instead a verb "Pet".

Nearby Words: petted, petting

old	old guard	old pet
good	good guard	good pet
female	female guard	female pet
normal	normal guard	normal pet
Other adjectives: perfect, regular, alien, original, single, small, loyal, actual, real, large, big, huge, unfortunate, young, personal, new, former, random, last, giant.

Inverted in Watchmen: Walter "Rorschach" Kovacs implies that he was just playing at the whole "masked avenger" schtick until he killed a child-murderer's pet/guard dogs.

Source: A Real Man Is a Killer
Survivors has "longpaws" for humans, "loudcages" for cars, "sharpclaws" for cats, "Trap House" for the pound, "no-sun" for night, and "Fierce Dogs" for pet/guard dogs.

Source: Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp"
The Vicious Dog, on the other hand, is mean regardless of his size or breed and regardless of whether he's a pet/guard dog or not.

Source: Beware of Vicious Dog

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