Approach and Drill

Approach

Approach noun - An established course for traveling from one place to another.

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Drill and approach are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Drill" instead a noun "Approach".

Drill noun - An established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity.

Usage example: shuttling the kids between extracurricular activities is all part of the suburban drill

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Approach and drill are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approach" instead a noun "Drill".

Nearby Words: drilling, drilled, driller

normal	normal approach	normal drill
typical	typical approach	typical drill
common	common approach	common drill
standard	standard approach	standard drill
Other adjectives: simple, strict, cold, new, traditional, literal, modern.

character	approach character	drill character
people	approach people	drill people
way	approach way	drill way
earth	approach earth	drill earth
Other words: gate, guard, target, opponent, soldiers.

From Mage: The Awakening, the drill sergeant speech of the Adamantine Arrow order of warrior-mages is a... unique variant of this approach.

Source: Drill Sergeant Nasty
Royal Marines training teams and drill instructors tend to have a different approach to this trope.

Source: Drill Sergeant Nasty
The crewmen that Tuvok is training opt to leave mid-drill as Tuvok's logical Vulcan approach does little to enforce compliance.

Source: Drill Sergeant Nasty

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