Opponent and Player

Opponent

Opponent noun - One that takes a position opposite another in a competition or conflict.

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Player and opponent are semantically related in person with whom one competes topic. In some cases you can use "Player" instead a noun "Opponent".

Player noun - A person who plays a musical instrument.

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Opponent and player are semantically related in person participating in sport topic. You can use "Opponent" instead a noun "Player".

Nearby Words: play, played, playing, playable

female	female opponent	female player
normal	normal opponent	normal player
certain	certain opponent	certain player
current	current opponent	current player
Other adjectives: original, dead, single, powerful, actual, real, main, new, major, skilled, defeated, former, minor, blind, next, last, competent, greatest, different, strongest.

All you have to do is make a custom fighter, go to Versus, and choose the character for both player and opponent (with player 2 at 0% health).

Source: Disc One Nuke
Bloodless Carnage: Averted, unlike a lot of fighters not named Mortal Kombat; many attacks and Limit Breaks involve some to copious amounts of blood spewing from the opponent and the player.

Source: Video Game / Nitroplus Blasterz Heroines Infinite Duel
Should the player and the opponent be down to their last Pokémon, the Self-KO (Kamikaze) Clause comes into play, where the player loses if he or she happens to command a Pokémon to use Explosion or Selfdestruct.

Source: My Rules Are Not Your Rules

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