Shell and Verge

Shell

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

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

Nearby Words: shelling, shelled

Verge noun - An interval of time just before the onset of something.

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Shell and verge are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Shell" instead a noun "Verge".

Nearby Words: verged, verging, verger

new

new shell

new verge

shell people

verge people

Shell-Shocked Veteran: Once we get to know them, it quickly becomes apparent that most of the agents are on the verge of becoming this due to the horrible toll the job takes on them.

Source: Series / Graceland
The first trailer shows the world on the verge of collapse, with a shell-shocked Varric standing amidst a field of dead in Crestwood.

Source: Video Game / Dragon Age: Inquisition
In the Honor Harrington books, there are quite a few nominally independent star nations in two broad regions of space known as the Shell and the Verge, lying on the edge of the Solarian League and just beyond it, respectively.

Source: Puppet State

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