Act on and Regard

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Act on verb - Carry further or advance.

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Regard and act on are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Regard" instead a verb "Act on".

Regard verb - To make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes.

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Act on and regard are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Act on" instead a verb "Regard".

In X-Men: First Class, while Sebastian Shaw professes to act on behalf of other mutants, he has little (if any) regard for his "colleagues" in the Hellfire Club whom he views as expendable assets for his plot to trigger a nuclear holocaust and seize power over what remains for himself.

Source: Lack of Empathy

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