Nurse
Shield
Shield verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old nurse | old shield |
| good | good nurse | good shield |
| regular | regular nurse | regular shield |
| actual | actual nurse | actual shield |
| Other adjectives: real, large, great, black, personal, new, makeshift. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The nurse shows Candy her orthopedic leg and explains that she lost hers while trying to shield one of her patients from falling debris.
Source: An Arm and a Leg -
Notable acts range from hurling a Maverick larger/denser then Flame Mammoth across a room with one arm, as well as using his body as a shield to cover a covert- and nurse-type reploid from a really really big gunship's heavy laser cannons.
Source: Gentle Giant - Hostage Situation: One of the robbers takes a cleaning lady hostage after Doyle and Parese run them off the road and into a hotel, and done again by the Weasel with a nurse near then, both leading to: Human Shield: Attempted and failed.
Source: Film / Popeye Doyle
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