Drive and Root

Drive

Drive verb - To urge, push, or force onward.

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

Nearby Words: driving, driven, driver, driveway

Root verb - To set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter.

Usage example: rooted the post securely in the dirt

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

Nearby Words: rooted, rootless, rooter, rooting, rootlet

complete	complete drive	complete root
single	single drive	single root
actual	actual drive	actual root
dark	dark drive	dark root
Other adjectives: fantastic, broken, last.

It was possible to override the default install settings and install the game in the root directory of a given drive.

Source: Darth Wiki / Idiot Programming
This along with Zuko's woobie status can easily drive a viewer to root for him simply out of sympathy.

Source: Villainous Valour
This goes far beyond being a mere Genius Bonus within the Index series and actually resides at the root of the themes that drive the series as a whole.

Source: Analysis / A Certain Magical Index

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