Direct
Express
Express adjective - So clearly expressed as to leave no doubt about the meaning.
Usage example: students are not allowed to leave the grounds during school hours unless they have express permission from the principal's office
Direct is a synonym for express in fast topic. Sometimes you can use "Direct" instead the word "Express" as an adjective or a verb, if it concerns topics such as explicit, certain, non-stop.
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In killing Daisy, Iosef replaced the dog as something John could handle and direct his attention towards in order to express his grief.
Source: Film / John Wick - The Amazing World of Gumball: In the second season episode "The Words," Gumball decides to teach Darwin, who is too polite to actually express his feelings, to be more direct with people and express how he really feels.
- In the Seinfeld episode "The Boyfriend," when Kramer and Newman express ire at Keith Hernandez having spit at them, Jerry reconstructs their story in a direct parody of the "magic bullet theory" scene from the movie JFK.
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