Bolt
Bolt verb - To move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise).
Usage example: I bolted as I read the winning lottery numbers
Start is a synonym for bolt in action topic. In some cases you can use "Start" instead the word "Bolt" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like move, dash, run quickly away.
How words are described
| fresh | fresh bolt | fresh start |
| best | best bolt | best start |
| long | long bolt | long start |
| original | original bolt | original start |
| Other adjectives: initial, green, small, actual, real, massive, big, loose, huge, slow, bad, new, static, extra, next, last, literal, sudden. | ||
Common collocations
| engine | bolt engine | start engine |
Both words in one sentence
- Unlike most games, you won't have to start the reload over from the beginning, but it strangely only applies to the manual bolt action weapons and not to other weapons that require bolt cycling after reloading.
Source: All-or-Nothing Reloads - Similarly, Verity is told by the convent's canonness that she is now a Sister Militant, no longer a Hospitaller, as the convent is assaulted by a massive Necron force, and is given a master-crafted bolt pistol to start her off.
Source: Field Promotion -
Downplayed in the episode "Spirits" - at the start of the episode, O'Neill takes a metal arrow (size of a crossbow bolt) through the bicep.
Source: Only a Flesh Wound
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Start and Bolt. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bolt/start
Bolt & Start. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bolt/start>.
Start or Bolt. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bolt/start.
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