Chain
Chain verb - To confine or restrain with or as if with chains.
Nail
Nail verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
How words are described
| human | human chain | human nail |
| long | long chain | long nail |
| certain | certain chain | certain nail |
| original | original chain | original nail |
| Other adjectives: single, heavy, small, actual, large, big, huge, tiny, main, key, new, broken, gigantic, golden, literal, giant. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Brick Joke: There's an event chain which begins with a neighbour boring you and sending envoys asking for money, and you can nail the envoy's hat on his head or send roses to him.
Source: Video Game / Crusader Kings - The final nail in the coffin was the release of Cataclysm, where the entire quest chain was removed.
Source: Lost Forever / MMORPG -
Then she moves onto the horizontal bar, which looks dangerously loose... At which point, the next girl to use the beam steps on the nail and falls off, setting off a much shorter chain of events.
Source: Red Herring
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