Charge and Press

Charge

Charge verb - To put into (something) as much as can be held or contained.

Usage example: charge a blast furnace with iron ore

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Press and charge are semantically related In some cases you can use "Press" instead a verb "Charge".

Nearby Words: charged, charging, chargeable, charger

Press verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.

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Charge and press are semantically related in accuse topic. Sometimes you can use "Charge" instead a verb "Press".

Nearby Words: pressed, pressing, pressroom

old	old charge	old press
good	good charge	good press
positive	positive charge	positive press
single	single charge	single press
Other adjectives: simple, small, actual, large, great, little, quick, new, major, final, negative, extra.

Similarly, facing a certain charge attack from the Final Boss will prompt you with "chance" and to press A, which enters you into a (completely optional) button-mashing Blade Lock event with him.

Source: Death-or-Glory Attack
Then there's the human equivalent in World at War: The Japanese Banzai charge, in which a soldier will charge at you with his bayonet, and you have to use a carefully timed button press to block his bayonet and stick your own knife in his throat.

Source: Demonic Spiders / First-Person Shooter
Even if you know in advance that Wheatly goes mad with power once you place him in charge of the facility and his incompetence will blow it up, you still have to press the button to advance the plot.

Source: But Thou Must!

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