Direct
Direct adjective - Done or working without something else coming in between.
In-your-face and direct are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "In-your-face" with "Direct", this terms are similar.
In-your-face
In-your-face adjective - Having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal.
Direct and in-your-face are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Direct" instead an adjective phrase "In-your-face".
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Both words in one sentence
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Even more synthetic in nature than Smother with guitars only used sparingly, the band opted for a more direct and in-your-face approach than its' precedessor, with the overall sound reminiscent of 80s' New Wave & SophistiPop combined with the trademark Wild Beasts touch.
Source: Music / Wild Beasts - Not a very direct protest considering the (later) in-your-face "Ohio" mentioned above, but the line "silver people on the shoreline / let us be" is a reference to hazmat suits.
Source: Protest Song -
Her Spiritual Successor Asuka Kazama also uses Aikido, but subverts it that her fighting style is more direct in-your-face and brash, like her personality.
Source: Lady of War
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