Benefit and Proceed

Benefit

Benefit verb - To provide with something useful or desirable.

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Proceed and benefit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proceed" instead a verb "Benefit".

Proceed verb - To move forward along a course.

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Benefit and proceed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Benefit" instead a verb "Proceed".

Nearby Word: proceeding

party	benefit party	proceed party
characters	benefit characters	proceed characters
world	benefit world	proceed world
story	benefit story	proceed story
Other words: plans, player, enemy.

In From Russia with Love, Bond is taken to visit some Gypsies, who proceed to stage a formal catfight between two half-naked young ladies over a man for his benefit.

Source: Cat Fight
After getting hit, he falls backward into a German tank reversing away from the battle, whose left tracks proceed to run him over...and he did not benefit from Instant Death Bullet from getting hit.

Source: Series / Band of Brothers
The Phoenix-possessed X-Men then proceed to use their new power for the greater benefit of all mankind, solving world hunger, making deserts bloom, bringing free clean energy to every corner of the globe and even bringing about an end to war... then the Avengers decide to attack them again.

Source: Nice Job Breaking It Hero / Comic Books

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