Route and Target

Route

Route verb - To point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front.

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Target and route are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Target" instead a verb "Route".

Nearby Words: rout, routed, routing, router

Target verb - Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal.

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Route and target are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Route" instead a verb "Target".

Nearby Words: targeted, targe, targeting

good	good route	good target
particular	particular route	particular target
usual	usual route	usual target
common	common route	common target
Other adjectives: specific, certain, original, true, single, obvious, actual, real, wrong, main, easy, new, major, possible, final, next, last, intended, different, easier.

route power

target power

En route to a target it moves so fast that it can't be targeted by anti-air defenses, but once it drops its bombs its speed drops dramatically, making it an easy target.

Source: Dash Attack
Goto does the same on his own route when an investigation causes him to become a target for a gang of drug-runners.

Source: Visual Novel / My Sweet Bodyguard
Gilgamesh has an attack that launches hundreds of swords at one target; he uses it most memorably on Archer in the Unlimited Blade Works route,, mirroring how that Servant's human life ended, and Caster in the Fate route.

Source: Impaled with Extreme Prejudice

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