Cry
Cry verb - To shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress.
Invoke
Invoke verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Nearby Words: invocation, invoking
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Cry for the Devil or, rather, characters who invoke it, if the fans feel so sorry for them that they forget that they're still supposed to be evil.
Source: Draco in Leather Pants -
In Umineko: When They Cry Beatrice tries to invoke this, as her explanation for a woman who looks just like her existing in 1967 was that Kinzo Ushiromiya had made a homunculus and trapped her soul in it.
Source: Our Homunculi Are Different -
In Umineko: When They Cry, the late arcs reveal that there are at least two characters who invoke this.
Source: The Power of Legacy
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Invoke and Cry. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cry/invoke
Cry & Invoke. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cry/invoke>.
Invoke or Cry. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cry/invoke.
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