Activate and Manipulate

Activate

Activate verb - To cause to function.

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

Manipulate verb - To control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means.

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Activate and manipulate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Activate" instead a verb "Manipulate".

power	activate power	manipulate power
system	activate system	manipulate system
magic	activate magic	manipulate magic
elements	activate elements	manipulate elements
Other words: events, powers, forms.

Also, the whammy bar isn't used to manipulate sustained notes; instead, it's used to activate Mojo power.

Source: Video Game / Power Gig: Rise of the SixString
Under Mantis' suggestion, Liquid decides to manipulate Snake into using the PAL key to activate the code to override the nuke's safety precautions instead.

Source: Videogame / Metal Gear Solid
Magnet Hands: Lord Xig-Lem can manipulate, activate and even resize his Mirror Shield without touching it, which comes in handy when he has his hands busy grabbing a helpless loli.

Source: Fan Fic / Knight Of Lolicon

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