Drive and Resolve

Drive

Drive noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.

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Resolve and drive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Resolve" instead the word "Drive" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: driving, driven, driver, driveway

Resolve noun - Firm or unwavering adherence to one's purpose.

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Drive and resolve are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drive" instead the word "Resolve" as a noun or a verb.

emotional	emotional drive	emotional resolve
old	old drive	old resolve
high	high drive	high resolve
complete	complete drive	complete resolve
Other adjectives: little, new, broken, single-minded, unstoppable.

Gríma Wormtongue is a student of Saruman's, and uses similar non-magical techniques on Théoden to render him helpless and hopeless against Saruman, and on Éowyn in order to break her resolve and drive her to desperation.

Source: Break Them by Talking
Drive had Shinnosuke tell his own Victim of the Week this exact same thing, and while she does hit the Despair Event Horizon, she manages to get the resolve to move on.

Source: Series / Kamen Rider Drive
Oddly, despite the name of the trope being mentioned, this is not a normal example of the literary trope, because it serves to drive the plot rather than resolve it.

Source: Deus ex Machina

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