Pit and Shell

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Pit noun - A sunken area forming a separate space.

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Shell and pit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shell" instead a noun "Pit".

Shell noun - Something that encloses another thing especially to protect it.

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Pit and shell are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pit" instead a noun "Shell".

Nearby Words: shelling, shelled

similar	similar pit	similar shell
green	green pit	green shell
single	single pit	single shell
small	small pit	small shell
Other adjectives: entire, massive, large, big, huge, infamous, cold, new, glowing, next, different, literal, spiked, giant, magical.

group	pit group	shell group
army	pit army	shell army

Kicking the Koopa's shell sent it back at the Goombas and the Koopa was too afraid to get out of its shell in time to avoid the lava pit.

Source: Web Animation / Death Battle
In the pit, you can recharge yourself to 100% any time you have a shell enemy whom can be incapacitated by flipping them over.

Source: Drought Level of Doom
If there's no one else nearby, then people will often choose to jump into a nearby pit instead, since you can at least get a quick speed boost after getting placed back on a track, but getting hit by a shell takes much longer to recover from.

Source: Not the Intended Use

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