Absorb and Realize

Absorb

Absorb verb - To take in (something liquid) through small openings.

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Realize and absorb are semantically related In some cases you can use "Realize" instead a verb "Absorb".

Nearby Words: absorbed, absorption, absorbing, absorbent, absorber

Realize

Realize verb - To come to an awareness of.

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Absorb and realize are semantically related in stop topic. Sometimes you can use "Absorb" instead a verb "Realize", if it concerns topics such as learn.

Nearby Words: real, realise, reality, realistic, realization

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Common collocations

power	absorb power	realize power
strength	absorb strength	realize strength
people	absorb people	realize people
part	absorb part	realize part
Other words: kind, time.

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It backfires horribly when they realize that the Tower of Heaven is actually a giant lacrima, and Jellal was counting on them firing it so he could absorb the energy.

Source: Godzilla Threshold
Another brain-sucking alien example in the Johnny Bravo episode "Third Dork from the Sun", where said alien attempts to absorb Johnny's intelligence only to realize there was nothing to absorb, resulting in his brain overloading.

Source: Your Brain Won't Be Much of a Meal
It doesn't take, however, when Me-mow reveals that the toxin is enough to kill 50 dogs, leading Jake to realize he can just supersize his liver by 51 and absorb said toxin.

Source: Poison-and-Cure Gambit

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