Buck and Refuse

Buck

Buck verb - To move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion.

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Refuse and buck are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Refuse" instead a verb "Buck".

Nearby Words: buckle, bucked, bucking, buckskin, bucko

Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.

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Buck and refuse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Buck" instead a verb "Refuse".

Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser

Interservice Rivalry: One story memorably has Buck (who's in the Navy) adamantly refuse to let the Air Force's acrobatics team take their place at an air show due to a pilot being unable to fly.

Source: Comicbook / Buck Danny
Failing that, the trio try to harvest the Zap Apples early to free up Applejack's schedule but when Sweetie Belle tries to buck the unripe trees, she ends up shocked and the apples refuse to budge from the branches.

Source: Recap / My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S2 E11 "Family Appreciation Day"
And when Apple Buck dies in a cave-in at his mine, he tries to compensate the family well enough to cover their debt; they refuse a hand out, but the thought counts.

Source: Fan Fic / Harmony's Warriors

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