Throw and Withstand

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Throw

Throw verb - To send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm.
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Withstand and throw are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Withstand" instead a verb "Throw".
Nearby Words: thrown, throwing, thrower

Withstand

Withstand verb - To refuse to give in to.
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Throw and withstand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Throw" instead a verb "Withstand".
Nearby Word: withstanding

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fire throw fire withstand fire
attack throw attack withstand attack
weight throw weight withstand weight
punch throw punch withstand punch
Other words: weapons, bombs.

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  • Video Game / Left 4 Dead 2 Rather hilariously played straight when you throw a molotov at them, since that's what real riot armor is built to withstand.
    Source: Video Game / Left 4 Dead 2
  • Enemies can and will throw plenty of bodies at the Elves, but they can (and often have to) withstand such battering and hold the field with few losses of their own.
    Source: Video Game / The Fourth Age: Total War
  • If that wasn't enough, instead of planting just one mine, he can now instantly throw a whole bundle of them which nothing in the game can withstand, be it a squad of Plaguemarines, a tank or a freaking daemon.
    Source: Game Breaker / Dawn of War
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