Animate and Strike

Animate

Animate verb - To give life, vigor, or spirit to.

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Strike and animate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strike" instead a verb "Animate".

Strike verb - To refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet demands.

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Animate and strike are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Animate" instead a verb "Strike".

Nearby Words: striking, striker, strikeout, striked, striken

character	animate character	strike character
people	animate people	strike people
form	animate form	strike form
hand	animate hand	strike hand
Other words: blood, water, ships, poses.

It's also handy if they're not allowed by the censors to actually strike people and bleed them, or just cheaper to animate.

Source: Razor Wind
Scored with dark electronic ambient by the band Underworld.Forget your old Frankenstein, starting with the Mad Scientist mixing up bubbling potions on a midnight dreary, and using a lightning strike to animate a groaning, inarticulate hulk. No.

Source: Theatre / Frankenstein (2011)

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