Authorize
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Excel Saga parodies this by having Shinichi Watanabe force Koshi to authorize making an episode out of an earlier porn doujin of his.
Source: Rule 34 Creator Reactions - With no one willing to authorize deadly force, the Border Guards allowed them to pass through.
Source: Useful Notes / Hole in Flag -
In 2002, Kerry voted to authorize the President "to use force, if necessary, to disarm Saddam Hussein", but warned that the administration should exhaust its diplomatic avenues before launching war.
Source: Useful Notes / John Kerry
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Force and Authorize. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/authorize/force
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