Aim
Aim verb - To point or turn (something) toward a target or goal.
Deliberate and aim are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Deliberate" instead a verb "Aim".
Deliberate
Deliberate verb - To give serious and careful thought to.
Aim and deliberate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Aim" instead a verb "Deliberate".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- When this Reality Retcon is a story premise Plausible Deniability is generally the aim, but the retcon remains a clear, deliberate, and direct contradiction of generally accepted facts.
Source: Reality Retcon -
British people are too chronically shy to just say they like someone, instead they get drunk, (not accidentally but as a deliberate aim) then kiss under the influence.
Source: Kissing Under the Influence -
After he surrenders, Sawyer (remembering his capture and threatening of Kate, as well as his involvement in kidnapping Walt, shooting Sawyer, and attempted murder of everybody on the raft) takes deliberate aim and kills him.
Source: Series / Lost
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