Return
Return verb - To bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place.
Scrap
Scrap verb - To express different opinions about something often angrily.
How words are described
| old | old return | old scrap |
| good | good return | good scrap |
| brief | brief return | brief scrap |
| proper | proper return | proper scrap |
| Other adjectives: single, actual, big, little, less, larger, next, last, latest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Nefarious' return as a robot is heralded by his robotic arm rising from a scrap heap.
- While Nocchifire, the author, initially promised that it would return, he eventually abandoned that idea and decided to scrap that arc altogether.
Source: Aborted Arc -
Graceful Loser: Many of the enemy ships you encounter will surrender to you when low on health, offering you to let them live in return for scrap, missiles and/or fuel.
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