Drill and Performance

Drill

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

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

Nearby Words: drilling, drilled, driller

Performance noun - A presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view.

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Drill and performance are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drill" instead a noun "Performance".

high	high drill	high performance
complete	complete drill	complete performance
single	single drill	single performance
powerful	powerful drill	powerful performance
Other adjectives: actual, large, big, great, excellent, famous, impromptu.

In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Peak Performance", a combat drill and performance review is interrupted by an actual Ferengi attack.

Source: This Is Not a Drill
Ermey was an actual Marine Drill instructor in the sixties and his performance is Truth in Television; Marine drill instructors regularly use very similar hilariously over-the-top instruction in an attempt to get officer candidates to smile, laugh, or otherwise break attention.

Source: Film / Full Metal Jacket
And thanks to my performance, I am now the poster child for Drill Sergeant Nastyand don't you fucking forget it, numbnuts!

Source: Self Demonstrating / R. Lee Ermey

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