Claim and Support

Claim

Claim verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.

Usage example: people who claim that they have been kidnapped by aliens from other worlds

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Support and claim are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Support" instead a verb "Claim".

Nearby Words: claimed, claiming, claimant

Support verb - To continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections.

Usage example: we support the students' right to speak out on local issues that affect them

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Claim and support are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Claim" instead a verb "Support".

good	good claim	good support
special	special claim	special support
best	best claim	best support
better	better claim	better support
Other adjectives: legal, small, strong, real, little, main, major, general, magical.

Similarly, we hear that Tristifer Botley's father Lord Botley of Lordsport was drowned by Euron for refusing to support their claim and Lordsport was given to Tristifer's uncle.

Source: Evil Uncle
She urges Rygel to return to Hyneria to lay claim to his rightful throne, telling him that the people will support his claim.

Source: Rightful King Returns
Instead, he refuses the help, the claim, and the advice, meaning that he has no support and no leverage when Littlefinger betrays him and sides with the Lannisters.

Source: Not Quite the Right Thing

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