Apply and Proceed

Apply

Apply verb - To have a relation or connection.

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Proceed and apply are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proceed" instead a verb "Apply".

Proceed verb - To move forward along a course.

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Apply and proceed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Apply" instead a verb "Proceed".

Nearby Word: proceeding

fire	apply fire	proceed fire
force	apply force	proceed force
amount	apply amount	proceed amount
time	apply time	proceed time
Other words: way, ways, powers, weapons.

The problem is that you have both the bloodstain and the fire listed as evidence, so you could apply either one to the other; but only one of them will let you proceed, while the other inexplicably gets you a penalty.

Source: Visual Novel / Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
Not wishing to apply the mandatory death sentence for espionage to a pair of children, Richter orders Kluge to destroy the prints and negatives and proceed as if the boys had been found trespassing with no evidence of their intentions.

Source: Series / Enemy at the Door
Issue 7 of Transformers More Than Meets The Eye has an interesting sequence where the Scavengers are resting around their campfire and proceed to discuss and wonder about various tropes and how they apply to the comic's setting.

Source: Discussed Trope

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