Sting
Sting verb - Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous.
Usage example: I was stung with a huge tax bill
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Synonyms for Sting
Thrust and sting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thrust" instead the word "Sting" as a verb or a noun.
How words are described
| old | old sting | old thrust |
| ordinary | ordinary sting | ordinary thrust |
| initial | initial sting | initial thrust |
| single | single sting | single thrust |
| Other adjectives: actual, real, quick, dramatic, fatal, additional, added, botched. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Freudian Excuse: Xaviax jokes about this with the Cho brothers: "Your childhoods were deprived, now you're depraved." Fusion Dance: Strike steals Thrust's and Sting's decks, then can merge their Advent Beasts with his own.
- The Wii version of the game will almost always have a fight against a Rider who is always in Guard Vent mode near the end of the Mirror World mode- the Rider in question will almost always be Strike or Sting; sometimes Thrust.
Source: SNK Boss / Other Fighting Games
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