Drill and Way

Drill

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

Usage example: shuttling the kids between extracurricular activities is all part of the suburban drill

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

Nearby Words: drilling, drilled, driller

Way noun - A usual manner of behaving or doing.

Usage example: she's set in her ways and is not about to change

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Drill and way are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drill" instead a noun "Way".

old	old drill	old way
long	long drill	long way
normal	normal drill	normal way
common	common drill	common way
Other adjectives: standard, proper, simple, real, big, great, excellent, new, traditional, literal.

Rebuild retconns this in a way that makes a tad more sense, having it twist part of itself like a drill in conjunction to using its AT field in a similar manner.

Source: This Is a Drill
Newbies quickly learn that attempting to drill through them negates the capsule's benefit, requiring them to drill around the blocks to open it up another way.

Source: Video Game / Mr. Driller
On their way to stop the drill from taking down Ba Sing Se, she approaches the guy who's fixing the drill, says a short "Hi", and freezes him so that the others could get the blueprints.

Source: Stealth Hi/Bye

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