Assert
Assert verb - To state clearly and strongly.
Usage example: a superpatriot who is never afraid to assert her allegiance to flag and country
Call
Call verb - To speak so as to be heard at a distance.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- They also like to assert themselves as the true Americans and call other Americans intruders.
Source: Acceptable Ethnic Targets - Insistent Terminology: Wizard Lenin attempts to assert he has a name early on, but neither Death, nor Lily call him by it.
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Call and Assert. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/assert/call
Assert & Call. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/assert/call>.
Call or Assert. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/assert/call.
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