Claw and Rake

Claw

Claw verb - Scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails.

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Rake and claw are semantically related in scratch topic. In some cases you can use "Rake" instead a verb "Claw", when it comes to topics like strike with paws.

Nearby Words: clawed, clawing

Rake

Rake verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.

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Synonyms for Rake

Antonyms for Rake

Claw and rake are semantically related in strike with paws topic. Sometimes you can use "Claw" instead a verb "Rake".

Nearby Words: raked, raker, raking

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

old	old claw	old rake
long	long claw	long rake
new	new claw	new rake
electric	electric claw	electric rake

Common collocations

opponents

claw opponents

rake opponents

Both words in one sentence

In an episode of TaleSpin, Don Karnage puts on a Tiger's Claw glove and proceeds to rake it across a chalkboard to get his victim to talk.

Source: Nails on a Blackboard
First edition cats had higher damage bites (1-2) and automatic "rake" attacks - if the cat hits with its combined claw attack for 1 dmg, it automatically hits with both rear claws for 1-2 more damage.

Source: Killer Rabbit / Tabletop Games
One limb removed will not stop them, but will impair their lethality appropriately (lost arms mean one less claw to rake the player, lost legs mean they have to crawl along the ground, lost heads cause them to charge while swinging blindly, etc.) and enough limbs lost will kill them outright.

Source: Subsystem Damage

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