Act on and Seize

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Act on verb - Carry further or advance.

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

Seize verb - To have a clear idea of.

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Act on and seize are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Act on" instead a verb "Seize".

Nearby Words: seizure, seizing, seised

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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