Guards
Mercenaries and guards are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mercenaries" instead a noun "Guards".
Mercenaries
Both words in one sentence
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Nearly all the soldiers, mercenaries, and guards in Cry Havoc wear body armor, most of it military grade plate armor.
Source: Bullet Proof Vest -
In Jupiter Ascending, Balem and Titus spend most of the movie sending more guards or bribing more mercenaries to bring them Jupiter.
Source: Out-Gambitted aka: Out Gambit -
In Red Faction, once the player character and his comrades have killed most of the Ultor security guards, Ultor brings in "mercenaries" for backup.
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Mercenaries and Guards. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/guards/mercenaries
Guards & Mercenaries. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/guards/mercenaries>.
Mercenaries or Guards. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/guards/mercenaries.
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