State and Utility

State

State noun - A body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government.

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Utility and state are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Utility" instead a noun "State".

Utility noun - The capacity for being useful for some purpose.

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State and utility are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "State" instead a noun "Utility".

human	human state	human utility
similar	similar state	similar utility
normal	normal state	normal utility
true	true state	true utility
Other adjectives: single, powerful, general, last.

The trope is namechecked by the "Foggy London" utility, which displays the internal state of the ZX Spectrum game Sherlock while a game is played.

Source: A Foggy Day in London Town
Superpower: Batman, in one city itself, has several bases with weapons and state-of-the-art computers, a multi-utility tank with weapons capabilities, a private plane that provides supplies anywhere in the city and is pretty much given carte blanche by the GCPD.

Source: Video Game / Batman: Arkham Knight
Continuity Snarl: Crimson Mist states that stakes to the heart only incapacitate the vampire in a death-like state unless the head is also removed, whereas Dracula was completely dusted and Killed Off for Real after Batman ran him through on a splintered utility pole.

Source: Comicbook / Batman Vampire

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