Activate and Induce

Activate

Activate verb - To cause to function.

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Induce and activate are semantically related In some cases you can use "Induce" instead a verb "Activate".

Induce verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Activate and induce are semantically related in encourage topic. Sometimes you can use "Activate" instead a verb "Induce".

Nearby Words: inducement, induction, inducing

ability	activate ability	induce ability
attack	activate attack	induce attack
sort	activate sort	induce sort
form	activate form	induce form
Other words: effect, effects, transformation, magic, attacks, events, powers, superpowers.

Parodied in the fifth game of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, which requires you to deliberately induce one of these (which is nigh-impossible without cheating, but the cheat is easy to activate) in a game-within-the-game.

Source: Game-Breaking Bug

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