Affect and Reach

Affect

Affect verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

Usage example: their son claims that scary movies don't affect him in the least

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Reach and affect are semantically related In some cases you can use "Reach" instead a verb "Affect".

Reach verb - To shift possession of (something) from one person to another.

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Affect and reach are semantically related in communicate with topic. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Reach".

Nearby Words: reached, reaching, reachable

status	affect status	reach status
area	affect area	reach area
number	affect number	reach number
way	affect way	reach way
Other words: speed, level, world, game, ending, target, city.

The suckers in the backseat, however, cannot affect the station because they can't reach it and so are stuck with whatever is playing.

Source: The Dev Team Thinks Of Everything / Grand Theft Auto
Arbitrary Maximum Range: Happens to Rocky's bullets, although it doesn't affect you at all because they're far away from the rooftop when they reach their limit.

Source: Video Game / Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time
Kevlard: Heart is too fat for Ken's attacks to affect him, until Ken simply kicks all his fat out of the way to reach his pressure point.

Source: Web Video / Dub Of The North Star

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