Guard and Shell

Guard

Guard noun - A person or group that watches over someone or something.

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

Shell noun - Something that encloses another thing especially to protect it.

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Guard and shell are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Guard" instead a noun "Shell".

Nearby Words: shelling, shelled

human	human guard	human shell
single	single guard	single shell
heavy	heavy guard	heavy shell
small	small guard	small shell
Other adjectives: entire, large, big, huge, new, injured, next, last, giant, armored.

group	guard group	shell group
family	guard family	shell family
area	guard area	shell area
place	guard place	shell place
Other words: base, town, buildings.

Shell-Shocked Veteran: Helmut, Kat's other guard along with hardcore Nazi Barbara, was discharged from the army due to his PTSD.

Source: Series / Seventeen Moments of Spring
You can, however, subvert it all by playing as an artillery-heavy army (namely Imperial Guard) and just lobbing shell after shell at the target until it's good and dead.

Source: Beef Gate
X8 has Earthrock Trilobyte, who, like Crystal Snail, also has a shell that flies off by guard-breaking attacks, removing his only protection against the Hunters' attack and he'll try to reclaim it.

Source: Video Game / Mega Man X

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