Captain and Operate

Captain

Captain verb - To be in charge of.

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Operate and captain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Operate" instead a verb "Captain".

Nearby Words: captained, captainship, captaincy, captaining

Operate verb - To control the mechanical operation of.

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Captain and operate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captain" instead a verb "Operate".

The captains aren't just swinging them around for fun, they operate as a combination remote control and laser pointer, allowing the captain to issue orders to anyone connected to the ship's computer.

Source: Light Novel / Crest of the Stars
It towers over the trees and almost smashes a rabbit who is ant-sized in comparison, but it still proves to be no match for Captain Planet, and Greedly and Rigger move on to operate smaller yet still destructive machines with a pig-motif instead.

Source: Western Animation / Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Second, James Caan forcing a medical officer to operate on his captain, who seems to be dead (which he isn't, of course).

Source: Reality Is Unrealistic / Film

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