Apply
Apply verb - To have a relation or connection.
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Both words in one sentence
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Most traditional vampire weaknesses probably don't even apply to him any more, notably because he created Avacyn himself so that vampires would not wipe out humanity entirely.
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But it's delivered so ridiculously that it's impossible to apply it to real life; by the end, the story believes so strongly in Defeat Means Friendship that it works on villains who were previously trying to wipe out humanity and did nothing to deserve such redemption.
Source: Glurge
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Wipe and Apply. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/apply/wipe
Apply & Wipe. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/apply/wipe>.
Wipe or Apply. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/apply/wipe.
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