Approach and Nail

Approach

Approach verb - To come near or nearer.

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

Nail verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.

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Approach and nail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approach" instead a verb "Nail".

Nearby Words: nailed, nailer, nailing

girl	approach girl	nail girl
guy	approach guy	nail guy
people	approach people	nail people
group	approach group	nail group
Other words: characters, door, player, enemy, victims.

For Want of a Nail: Crusader Kings I was Paradox's first game to really embrace a Wide Open Sandbox approach, as opposed to the more deterministic design philosophy of their earlier games.

Source: Video Game / Crusader Kings
Geordi agrees; though blind, he could still talk Picard through the Techno Babble required to do so...Back on the Enterprise, we're still trying to nail down the location of the Borg ship so we can approach the planet as stealthily as possible so we can beam our people up.

Source: Recap / Star Trek The Next Generation S 6 E 24 S 7 E 1 Descent
The Elseworlds tales more frequently focused on plunking the characters into a different setting, rather than changing a historical incident, but some like Alan Davis's The Nail do take the classic, well, For Want of a Nail approach.

Source: What If?

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