Demand and Invoke

Demand

Demand verb - To ask for (something) earnestly or with authority.

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Invoke and demand are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Invoke" instead a verb "Demand".

Nearby Words: demanding, demanded, demandant

Invoke verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Demand and invoke are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Demand" instead a verb "Invoke".

Nearby Words: invocation, invoking

power	demand power	invoke power
kind	demand kind	invoke kind
sort	demand sort	invoke sort
end	demand end	invoke end
Other words: death, destruction, use, authority.

Wesen with greater mastery over woging can invoke a broader spectrum of change and even change some or all of themselves on demand while those with less mastery are more at the whims of their emotional state.

Source: Series / Grimm
A new employee turns out to be a drug addict, and gets his lawyer to invoke the Americans with Disabilities Act to keep his job and demand special accommodations.

Source: Excuse Boomerang
Early in the war, Confederate citizens and authorities would invoke the federal Fugitive Slave Law to demand that slaves escaping across the lines be sent back to them.

Source: Useful Notes / The American Civil War

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