Deem
Deem verb - To have as an opinion.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Schaffa: I will break every bone in your hand, every bone in your body, if I deem it necessary to make the world safe from you.
Source: Literature / The Fifth Season - On countless occasions in literature and comic strip, Willie and Modesty make a conscious effort to go for "sleeps, not keeps" whenever possible, but at the same time will make a deliberate decision to kill if they deem it appropriate.
Source: Literature / Modesty Blaise - In-universe, there's Stain, a ruthless Hero Killer, who wants to make the word better by finishing heroes he doesn't deem worthy of the title.
Source: Draco In Leather Pants / Anime
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