Related Words for soft target

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target of opportunity
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Phrase, Noun
human shield
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Phrase, Noun
collateral damage
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Phrase, Noun
mark
/
Noun
paramilitary
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Adjective
target
/x
Noun
turkey shoot
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Phrase, Noun
offensive
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Noun
shotgun
/x
Noun
attack
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Noun
incoming
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Noun
weapon
/x
Noun
ambush
/x
Noun
combatant
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Noun
friendly fire
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Phrase, Noun
military
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Noun
enemy combatant
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Phrase, Noun
threat
/
Noun
firing point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
terrorism
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Noun
army
/x
Noun
terror
/x
Noun
assault weapon
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Phrase, Noun
civil defense
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Name, Name
saturation
xx/x
Noun
munition
x/x
Noun
cheap shot
//
Phrase, Noun
harassment
x/x
Noun
guerrilla warfare
x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
hit list
//
Phrase, Noun
special forces
/x/x
Name, Name
defense
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Noun
firing line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
projectile
x/x
Noun
shooting war
/x/
Phrase, Noun
armament
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Noun
commando
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Noun
surgical strike
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Phrase, Noun
massacre
/xx
Noun
weapon of mass destruction
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Phrase, Noun
police action
x//x
Phrase, Noun
militia
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Noun
concealment
x/x
Noun
cat and mouse
///
Phrase, Noun, Verb
troops
/
Noun
attack dog
x//
Phrase, Noun
insult
x/
Noun
false flag
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
spearhead
/x
Noun
gunfight
/x
Noun
joker
/x
Noun
ammunition
xx/x
Noun
artillery
x/xx
Noun
casualty
/xxx
Noun
guerrilla
x/x
Noun
assault rifle
x//x
Phrase, Noun
disarmament
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Noun
stratagem
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Noun
countermeasure
/xxx
Noun
diversion
x/x
Noun
hand grenade
/x/
Phrase, Noun
scarecrow
/x
Noun
warfare
/x
Noun
onslaught
/x
Noun
tactic
/x
Noun
antiterrorism
xxxxxx
Noun
theater of war
/xx//
Phrase, Noun
tactical
/xx
Adjective
invitation
xx/x
Noun
service
/x
Noun
shooting
/x
Noun
gunpoint
/x
Noun
chatter
/x
Noun
war party
//x
Phrase, Noun
offense
x/
Noun
retreat
x/
Noun
heavy artillery
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
lookout
/x
Noun
salvo
/x
Noun
state of war
///
Phrase, Noun
alert
x/
Noun
squad
/
Noun
dead set
//
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
demilitarized zone
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Phrase, Noun
file
/
Noun
forlorn hope
x//
Phrase, Noun
death squad
//
Phrase, Noun
fallen
/x
Verb
arming
/x
Noun
wait
/
Verb
list
/
Noun
liquidation
xx/x
Noun
combat
/x
Noun
front
/
Noun
gunshot
/x
Noun
camouflage
/xx
Noun
defence
x/
Noun
war game
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
action
/x
Noun
absorption
x/x
Noun
accessible
x/xx
Adjective
accessories
x/xx
Adjective
achieve
x/
Verb
achievement
x/x
Noun
achilles
x/x
Name
adaptable
x/xx
Adjective
address
/x
Noun, Verb
addressee
xx/
Noun
advantageous
xx/x
Adjective
aerated
/xx
Adjective
affectionate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
agile
/x
Noun, Adjective
aim
/
Noun, Verb
alcoholic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
ambition
x/x
Noun, Verb
amorphous
x/x
Adjective
anchor
/x
Noun, Verb
ancillary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
archery
/xx
Noun
arrow
/x
Noun, Verb
assignment
x/x
Noun
attract
x/
Verb
audience
/xx
Noun
baby
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
balmy
/x
Adjective
battleground
/xx
Noun
benchmark
/x
Noun, Verb
beneficiary
xx/xxx
Noun, Adjective
benevolent
x/xx
Adjective
berry
/x
Noun, Verb
blanco
/x
Name, Verb
bland
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
blank
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
blending
/x
Noun
blur
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blurry
/x
Adjective
bonding
/x
Noun
bounce
/
Verb, Noun
breast
/
Noun, Verb
brittle
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
brown
/
Name, Adjective, Verb
brushed
/
Adjective
bull
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
business
/x
Noun, Adjective
butt
/
Noun, Verb
cadence
/x
Noun, Verb
calm
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
carbonated
/xxx
Adjective
cel
/
Noun
challenge
/x
Noun, Verb
cheap
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
chubby
/x
Adjective, Noun
clay pigeon
//x
Phrase, Noun
clout
/
Noun, Verb
coddled
/x
Adjective
cognitions
x/x
Noun
comfortable
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
compliant
x/x
Adjective
compressible
x/xx
Adjective
concentrate
/xx
Verb, Noun
concentration
xx/x
Noun
concessional
x/xx
Adjective
consignee
x/x
Noun
cotton
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
covered
/x
Adjective
cozy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
crisp
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cuddle
/x
Verb, Noun
cuddly
/x
Adjective
cushioned
/x
Adjective
cushy
/x
Adjective
damp
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
darts
/
Noun
deadline
/x
Noun, Verb
dearest
/x
Noun
deb
/
Name
delicate
/xx
Adjective, Noun
descending
x/x
Adjective, Noun
desired
x/x
Adjective
destination
xx/x
Noun
destinies
/xx
Noun
diana
x/x
Name
diffused
x/
Adjective
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
direction
x/x
Noun
discolored
x/x
Adjective
discreet
x/
Adjective
disposition
xx/x
Noun, Verb
downy
/x
Adjective, Noun
dull
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
duty
/x
Noun
easiest
/xx
Adjective
easily
/xx
Adverb
ecologically
xx/xx
Adverb
effector
x/x
Noun
effeminate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb, Noun
emollient
x/x
Adjective, Noun
end
/
Noun, Verb
envisaged
x/x
Adjective
estimated
/xxx
Verb
exhaust
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
expected
x/x
Adjective
expendable
x/xx
Adjective, Name
facilitated
x/xxx
Adjective
fair game
//
Phrase, Noun
fate
/
Noun, Verb
favorable
/xxx
Adjective
feather
/x
Noun, Verb
feeble
/x
Adjective, Verb
fine
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
fittings
/x
Noun
flabby
/x
Adjective
flaccid
/x
Adjective
fleecy
/x
Adjective
flexibility
xx/xx
Noun
floating
/x
Adjective, Noun
floppy
/x
Adjective, Noun
fluffy
/x
Adjective, Noun
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
focusses
/xx
Verb
forgiving
x/x
Adjective, Noun
forte
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
fortunes
/x
Noun
fragile
/x
Adjective, Noun
fresh
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
freshwater
/xx
Noun, Adjective
friable
xxx
Adjective
fricative
/xx
Adjective, Noun
fuzzy
/x
Adjective, Noun
gas
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gaseous
/xx
Adjective
geezer
/x
Noun
gelatin
/xx
Noun
gelatine
xx/
Noun
general
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
gentle
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
goal
/
Noun, Verb
gooey
/x
Adjective
grayish
/x
Adjective
gritty
/x
Adjective
guide
/
Noun, Verb
gun
/
Noun, Verb
hair
/
Noun, Verb
handy
/x
Adjective, Noun
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hardened
/x
Adjective
hazy
/x
Adjective
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hereabouts
/xx
Adverb
hit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
holy
/x
Name, Adjective
horizon
x/x
Noun
host
/
Noun, Verb
hot
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
hushed
/
Adjective
hybrid
/x
Adjective, Noun
idealistic
xxx/x
Adjective
identifies
x/xx
Verb
immaterial
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
incentive
x/x
Noun, Adjective
incidental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
index
/x
Noun, Verb