Contract
Contract verb - To become affected with (a disease or disorder).
Rise
Rise verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.
Usage example: the snow accumulation is rising at an alarming rate
How words are described
| old | old contract | old rise |
| special | special contract | special rise |
| better | better contract | better rise |
| similar | similar contract | similar rise |
| Other adjectives: original, initial, many, single, actual, entire, massive, big, huge, civil, personal, new, military, forced, recent. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- If you happen to be a Resident Evil villain and contract Lovecraftian Superpowers by whatever virus or parasite you injected into yourself, your chances of death are guaranteed to rise drastically.
Source: Too Powerful to Live -
They initially give you grunt work, but contract rewards steadily rise up until you're assassinating high-ranking pirates and other executives by blowing up their Mile Long Ships.
Source: Corporate Samurai - Burned bodies often curl into a fetal position as the tendons dry and contract, which can give rise to stories of deceased persons suddenly "sitting up" on the pyre.
Source: Finger Twitching Revival
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