Guard and Spare

Guard

Guard verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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

Spare verb - To use or give out in stingy amounts.

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Guard and spare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Guard" instead a verb "Spare".

Nearby Words: spar, sparing, spared, sparely

humanity	guard humanity	spare humanity
soul	guard soul	spare soul
children	guard children	spare children
family	guard family	spare family
Other words: crew, earth, world, planet, city, son, daughter, enemies, prisoners.

The night guard at the Jeffersonian, shown in only one episode, always knows just what to say, although he claims he just attends a lot of lectures at the Institute in his spare time.

Source: Almighty Janitor
You can spare them by polishing the armor of one of them until he takes it off which causes the other guard to become flustered at the sight of his muscular chest and then encourage the other guard to confess his feelings.

Source: Badass Gay
If you agree and spare him in turn, he one-hit kills you while your guard's down because you're far too dangerous to be allowed to live — but as he points out, if you really regret your actions, you can reset instead of continuing.

Source: Last-Second Chance

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