Drill and Occupation

Drill

Drill noun - An established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity.

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

Nearby Words: drilling, drilled, driller

Occupation noun - The activity by which one regularly makes a living.

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Drill and occupation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drill" instead a noun "Occupation".

old	old drill	old occupation
long	long drill	long occupation
normal	normal drill	normal occupation
common	common drill	common occupation
Other adjectives: complete, alien, nasty, actual, famous, new, traditional.

Their occupation is to train the recruits, not to make them mentally ill, so it is vital for the drill sergeant to recognize when one of his recruits is obviously affected in the wrong way by the training, and try getting said recruits help instead of more drilling.

Source: Jerkass Façade
Drill Sergeants usually are like this, due to their occupation demanding them to toughen up their recruits, and this usually by degrading them as much as possible without mercy so they will set their goal higher and become stronger because of it.

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