Capital and Scratch

Capital

Capital noun - A thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest.

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Scratch and capital are semantically related. in dough topic. In some cases you can use "Scratch" instead a noun "Capital". informal substitute

Scratch noun - A harsh grating sound.

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Capital and scratch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Capital" instead a noun "Scratch".

Nearby Words: scratched, scratchy, scratching

little	little capital	little scratch
former	former capital	former scratch

Especially when they were built from scratch for no other purpose but to serve as a national capital, often (and rapidly) going all the way to Ghost Town — e.g.

Source: Dying Town
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland: Capital (and largest city) of Poland, majority of which was built from scratch after it was near-totally flattened by the Nazis during World War II.

Source: Major World Cities
Drone technology: introduced in the first game, the drone frigate is devastating against fighters but carries no weapons aside the drones, can barely scratch enemy capital ships, and the drones are stationary around the frigate (making them easy targets for frigates and bigger ships).

Source: Flawed Prototype

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