Jail and Patch

Jail

Jail noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.

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Patch and jail are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Patch" instead a noun "Jail".

Nearby Words: jailed, jailer, jailing, jailor

Patch noun - A small area that is different (as in color) from the main part.

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Jail and patch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Jail" instead a noun "Patch".

Nearby Words: patchwork, patched, patching

old	old jail	old patch
full	full jail	full patch
special	special jail	special patch
certain	certain jail	certain patch
Other adjectives: small, strong, actual, big, tiny, bad, new.

jail bunch

patch bunch

Jake Solomon has compared it to a "get out of jail free" card, and the March 2016 patch removed duplicates' ability to take cover.

Source: Game Breaker / X-COM
Sometimes he would smuggle tools inside with him when he was carted off to jail — tiny tools hidden under a false patch of skin on his thumb for example — but he was perfectly capable of building an escape device without them.

Source: Gadgeteer Genius

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