Command and Lecture

Command

Command verb - To issue orders to (someone) by right of authority.

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Lecture and command are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lecture" instead a verb "Command".

Lecture verb - To criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings.

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Command and lecture are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Command" instead a verb "Lecture".

good	good command	good lecture
full	full command	full lecture
special	special command	special lecture
similar	similar command	similar lecture
Other adjectives: direct, complete, original, single, effective, entire, final, next, last, different.

The effect of the Hannibal Lecture is somewhat lessened when you've read enough of the EU to know that very few Spartans have died under the Chief's command.

Source: Fan Fic / The Last Spartan
However, when a command like killing a foreign prince and thus creating an international incident goes so blatantly against the law; one can hope the Sultan gave them a serious lecture about the use of common sense while obeying.

Source: Disney / Aladdin
His father, uncle, and beloved master/surrogate father set him up to suicide bomb a place to start a world war, with the last giving him a You Have Outlived Your Usefulness lecture just after activating the rather insulting post-hypnotic command to make him fire his hyper resonance.

Source: Jerkass / Video Games

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