Base
Base verb - To find a basis.
Enact
Enact verb - To put into effect through legislative or authoritative action.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- In one X-Men story, Cyclops gets shipwrecked onto an island; by purest coincidence it turns out to be the base of X-Men adversary Magneto, who is just about to enact a plan to take over the world.
Source: Convenient Enemy Base - He and Jack enact the plan of marching into the alien's base, demanding it surrenders with no bargaining tool, then shooting at bullet-proof glass.
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