Miss and Reduction

Miss

Miss noun - A female person who has not yet reached adulthood.

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Reduction and miss are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reduction" instead a noun "Miss".

Nearby Words: missed, missing

Reduction noun - Something that is or may be subtracted.

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Miss and reduction are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Miss" instead a noun "Reduction".

Nearby Words: reduce, reducing, reductive, reductionist

low	low miss	low reduction
better	better miss	better reduction
total	total miss	total reduction
massive	massive miss	massive reduction
Other adjectives: big, slight, excellent, major, automatic, minor.

Tunnels & Trolls (1975) contained the Ur-Example of this trope in tabletop RPGs, replacing D&D's (the only other RPG in existence at the time of its release) armor-as-likelihood-to-miss with armor-as-damage-reduction.

Source: Damage Reduction

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