Set and Target

Set

Set verb - To cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop.

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

Nearby Words: setup, setting

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

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

Nearby Words: targeted, targe, targeting

good	good set	good target
nice	nice set	nice target
particular	particular set	particular target
common	common set	common target
Other adjectives: specific, certain, current, original, single, small, actual, large, big, huge, wrong, main, new, final, random, next, last, latest, different, giant.

In YuYu Hakusho, Yuu Kaito can set up a psychic territory where no violence is permitted - his power detects violence in the sense that it recognizes violent acts and shields the target.

Source: Violence Detector
Amy Chen notes that his favorite tactic seems to be figuring out how to egg his target on into the trap already set for said target.

Source: Visual Novel / Cause of Death
If she has enough time to set it up, she can even launch 200 swords at once, each set to hit a target across an entire town.

Source: Storm of Blades

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