Affect
Catch
Catch verb - To take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- It's also suggested that their lifespans might "catch up with them"; Tyrande Whisperwind was a young adult when immortality went into affect.
Source: We Are as Mayflies -
The heroine mentions that just talking to Deadly Doctor Iwamine Shuu can catch you all sorts of nasty diseases; the examples she cites are actual diseases that can affect both birds and humans.
Source: No Biochemical Barriers -
Talia has decided to catch the serial killer known as the Penny Murderer, but as a ghost, she can't affect the world in anything but the most limited of ways.
Source: Comic Book / Brody's Ghost
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