Clear and Ransom

Clear

Clear verb - To rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way.

Ransom and clear are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ransom" instead a verb "Clear".

Nearby Words: clean, cleared, clearly, clearing, clearness

Ransom

Ransom verb - To free from captivity or punishment by paying a price.

Clear and ransom are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Clear" instead a verb "Ransom".

Nearby Words: ransomed, ransoming

Common collocations

time clear time ransom time

Both words in one sentence

  • Fighting from the Inside Lewis' Perelandra, although it's not clear whether it's real or an attempt to trick Ransom (always a risk with this sort of thing).
  • Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the leader of SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion), learns one of the group's agents has slept with a woman kidnapped for ransom, though it's not clear that she was in fact raped.
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