Construct
Construct verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.
Press
Press verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- He also heavily supports and sponsors the infrastructure of his empire with his technology (and solves ingratitude with threats of press-ganging the town leadership to construct the new infrastructure).
Source: The Extremist Was Right -
Please note that while special skills that anyone can learn are needed to construct these devices and the accurate aiming and firing of a Hand of Glory/laser is described as taking some experience, all the Gorgon's Stare requires is to look through a pair of special lenses and press a button.
Source: Magitek
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