Abuse
Abuse verb - To inflict physical or emotional harm upon.
Trick
Trick verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| exact | exact abuse | exact trick |
| similar | similar abuse | similar trick |
| common | common abuse | common trick |
| obvious | obvious abuse | obvious trick |
| Other adjectives: nasty, actual, real, infamous, cruel, mental, psychological, possible, aforementioned. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Jamming a sword in the money slot doesn't help because it has apparently been built to withstand this kind of abuse from this setting's knights, so Leopold XVII tries this trick.
Source: Coin-on-a-String Trick - Dawnstar (Ahkari's chest) is easiest to abuse "take everything from chest-save-attack merchant-load save" Trick.
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In the same episode, it turns out to be a Chekhov's Skill, when Quagmire's repeated abuse of this trope allows him to trick Brenda's boyfriend into thinking he had killed Quagmire via strangulation.
Source: Erotic Asphyxiation
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