Direct
Direct adjective - Done or working without something else coming in between.
Intentional and direct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intentional" instead an adjective "Direct".
Intentional
Intentional adjective - Made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing.
Direct and intentional are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Direct" instead an adjective "Intentional".
Both words in one sentence
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Differs from Power Up Letdown in that the harm it causes is direct and intentional, rather than from a design flaw.
Source: Poison Mushroom - Furthermore, in several cases (notably Ignus, Vhailor, Dak'kon, Morte and especially Deionarra) the Nameless One is the direct and intentional cause of this horrid past, in one of his Chess Master incarnations.
- This trope defines his character and forms the essence of his Villain Song- the chorus to "Hellfire" is the Confiteor, a Latin Catholic prayer of confession about taking responsibility for ones own sins, and are sung in direct and intentional contrast with what Frollo himself is singing.
Source: Egocentrically Religious
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