Close
Close verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.
Yield
Yield verb - To give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit).
How words are described
| high | high close | high yield |
| full | full close | full yield |
| low | low close | low yield |
| best | best close | best yield |
| Other adjectives: normal, large, final, highest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Using Action Replay codes on the Japanese version managed to yield her as an alternate costume for Videl, which is about as close to a playable Bulma as you can get.
Source: Dummied Out / Fighting Games -
Had a 16-KT yield (close to Hiroshima size), but appears to have suffered from reliability problems.
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It doesn't even come close, as hand grenades are for anti-personnel purposes, not high-yield explosives.
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