Protect and Reserve

Protect

Protect verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Reserve and protect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reserve" instead a verb "Protect".

Reserve verb - To continue to have in one's possession or power.

Usage example: I'm reserving the right to work by myself if you don't do your share of the project

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Protect and reserve are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Protect" instead a verb "Reserve".

Those plot threads do get resolved in the following episodes: Cap wins back the trust of humanity with some help from Spider-Man, Panther ends up rejoining the Avengers after they help him protect Wakanda's Vibranium reserve from the Vision, and Hulk is freed after being cleared of his crimes.

Source: "What Now?" Ending
While Grant Brody might fit much of the bill, both in background (ex-US Army reserve), personality (motivated by a want to protect his family), and appearance (short brown hair and slightly grizzled), he is not the Player Character, and he is killed off already in the tutorial level.

Source: Action Genre Hero Guy

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