Minus and Saving

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Minus noun - A feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success.

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Saving and minus are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Saving" instead a preposition "Minus".

Saving conjunction - If it were not for the fact that.

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Minus and saving are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Minus" instead a preposition "Saving".

Nearby Words: save, saved, saver

Freddie saving Carly ala Macross Frontier's Alto's attempt to save Ranka in the 2nd episode of the anime (minus jumping out of the YF-29).

Source: Fan Fic / Spongebob 2019
In "Six Minus Six" Agent Six loses six years of memory saving Rex from a machine that was going to delete Rex's instead (because Rex apparently goes crazy if he resets, and if that happens Six has to kill him).

Source: Laser-Guided Amnesia
It's less extreme than in earlier games, however; you avoid having to slaughter your fellow crew (as is the case on either of the other two routes, minus the brainwashing), and you ultimately end up saving all of humanity rather than Mind Raping them into soulless worshippers or demonic savages.

Source: Omnicidal Neutral

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