Advocate
Advocate verb - To promote the interests or cause of.
Battle
Battle verb - To strive to reduce or eliminate.
Usage example: we must battle hunger and poverty wherever they exist
How words are described
| true | true advocate | true battle |
| actual | actual advocate | actual battle |
| large | large advocate | large battle |
| big | big advocate | big battle |
| Other adjectives: great, huge, main, early, major, last. | ||
Common collocations
| people | advocate people | battle people |
| way | advocate way | battle way |
| characters | advocate characters | battle characters |
| crime | advocate crime | battle crime |
Both words in one sentence
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Amidst all the controversy, As Nasty As They Wanna Be sold two million copies.The court battle led Luther Campbell to become an advocate for free speech, releasing Banned In The U.S.A.
Source: Music / 2 Live Crew -
Hollywood Tactics: Deconstructed — characters that advocate a simple outlook on battle are criticized and easily defeated: Saladin refutes in detail one of his advisors who questions why he withdrew from a battle where he had superior numbers, but a weak position.
Source: Film / Kingdom of Heaven - Which she explained, in great and scathing detail, to the weapon's principle advocate in the Manticoran military hierarchy, Admiral Lady Sonja Hemphill, after the battle, earning the long-term hostility of Admiral Hemphill's allies.
Source: Chekhovs Gun / Literature
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