Drill and Lead

Drill

Drill verb - To make a hole or series of holes in.

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Lead and drill are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lead" instead a verb "Drill".

Nearby Words: drilling, drilled, driller

Lead verb - To give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed.

Usage example: the salesclerk led us through the maze of options now available to television buyers

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Drill and lead are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drill" instead a verb "Lead".

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

high	high drill	high lead
normal	normal drill	normal lead
typical	typical drill	typical lead
common	common drill	common lead
Other adjectives: single, simple, powerful, actual, real, massive, large, big, great, enormous, huge, little, new.

people	drill people	lead people
someone	drill someone	lead someone
way	drill way	lead way
target	drill target	lead target
Other words: players, soldiers.

The lead car of Kamen Rider Zeronos' Cool Train has a giant bull head that can flip around to reveal a drill.

Source: Drill Tank
About to lead the team through a live-fire refresher drill, Breacher realizes that she's high.

Source: Film / Sabotage
Drill Sergeant Nasty: The lead officer, Commander Jassic, has almost zero humor to her in the FMV cutscenes inbetween the stages and shoots down a few snide comments from the pilots.

Source: Video Game / Warhawk

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