| General Terminology
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| Term |
Definition
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| Administer |
Issue verdicts or punishments.
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| Deservice |
To kill an unfit Overwatch asset designated for termination by Dispatch.
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| Deserviced |
Death of an Overwatch asset.
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| Document |
To note down verdicts or punishments, refers to a citizen's records
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| Clamp |
Lockdown the designated area using forcefields and Combine locks.
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| Cycle |
To detain an individual and administer their punishment.
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| Converge |
To move to a location.
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| Expired |
No longer in use; terminated.
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| Expose |
Deprive the target cover.
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| Expunge |
To kill immediately; to obliterate.
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| Harden |
To reinforce/fortify a position, become less vulnerable.
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| Command Point / CP |
Designated base of operations, or entity/individual in-charge of CP assets.
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| Immediate |
Without delay
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| Incursion |
A sudden anti-citizen offense; tactical breakthrough.
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| Inject |
To move in; to force into something (medical).
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| Inquire |
To seek information by communication without outside sources.
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| Intercede |
To intervene and resolve as an arbitrator/meditator.
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| Intercept |
To stop the progress or inteded course of.
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| Interlock |
To connect together, become whole (in reference to team formation).
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| Isolate |
To separate; to cause to be apart.
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| Lock |
To hold postion.
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| Malcompliance |
"Anti-compliance" - acts that are defiance of compliance.
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| Malignant |
Virulent or threatening to socio-stability - inclined to cause harm.
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| Midnight |
An engagement protocol demanding complete silence and secrecy.
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| Miscount |
Unfit or defected individual.
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| Non-citizen |
An unregistered individual.
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| Non-compliance |
Failure or refusal to comply.
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| Outbreak |
Sudden, violent occurrence threatening the civil body.
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| Pacify |
A non lethal approach, to incapacitate and restrain.
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| Passive |
Deceased or incapacitated person.
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| Pressure |
To intensify in force, influence something into breaking/giving up.
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| Presecute |
To initiate or conduct a criminal case against (potentially including inquiry).
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| Reinforce |
To strengthen with additional personnel or equipment.
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| Restrain |
To tie up an individual.
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| Restrict |
To deny access
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| Request |
A citizen-made assistance call.
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| Ripcord |
Retreat to a location, move out an area.
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| Sacrifice Code |
To fulfill absolute commitment to life-threatening engagements; permit no retreat.
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| Search |
To examine for the purpose of discovering evidence of a crime.
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| Sector |
The area that a particular unit is assinged to defend.
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| Shield |
To engage in defensive, protective batle tactics.
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| Sociocide |
Destruction or damage to socio-stabilization.
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| Stabilize |
To resore normalcy.
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| Sterilize |
To delete or remove compromising or damaging entites.
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| Suspend |
To cease.
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| Sword |
To engage in offensive, aggressive batle tactics.
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| TAC |
Tactical channel where Overwatch comms are linked across all assets.
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| Tag |
To label or identify; to confirm as "marked" (deceased).
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| TAG |
Tactical Assault Gear - any and all equipment purpose for armed combat.
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| TAG units |
I2-i1 units with possession of a firearm marked as TAG.
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| Terminal |
Of highest intensity, most severe.
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| Unrest structure |
A building designated to be the source of sociode.
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| Verdicts |
Ammunition/bullet(s).
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| Verdict |
Any legal judgment or decision.
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| Viscon |
Visual confirmation.
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| Terminal Verdict |
To administer death penalty.
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| Workforce |
All the people working or available to work; the citizen class of Combine society.
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| Wrap up |
To settle the final details of (informal).
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| Zero |
To close in upon; concentrate firepower on an exact target location (millitary).
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