Adapt and Prime

Adapt

Adapt verb - To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation.
Usage example: it always takes freshmen a little while to adapt themselves to high school

Prime and adapt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prime" instead a verb "Adapt".

Prime

Prime verb - Cover with a primer; apply a primer to.

Adapt and prime are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Adapt" instead a verb "Prime".

Nearby Words: primary, prim, primed, primal

Both words in one sentence

  • In Metroid Prime you can kill it with plasma with the Plasma beam, and adapt the beam into a veritable flamethrower as well (sapping away your missiles in the process).
  • Starting with Eden Prime, the Geth adapt their armor to be more plasma-resistant.
  • Video Game / Metroid Prime Trilogy Justified in that Metroids will grow and adapt differently depending on what planet they're on, and all of the experiments with Phazon have done really odd things to their physiology, leaving the non-SR388 strains in the Prime trilogy with less defense against non-cold weaponry.
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