Drop and Modify

Drop

Drop verb - To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent.

Usage example: with these icy road conditions, drivers should be dropping their speed

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Modify and drop are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Modify" instead a verb "Drop".

Nearby Words: dropped, dropping, droplet, dropout, dropper

Modify verb - To limit the meaning of (as a noun).

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Drop and modify are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drop" instead a verb "Modify".

part	drop part	modify part
system	drop system	modify system
line	drop line	modify line
equipment	drop equipment	modify equipment
Other words: armor, objects, weapons, guns.

Stacks tries to modify his cell phone company's slogan "never drop a call" into a political slogan for his mayoral campaign: "never drop a citizen".

Source: Catch Phrase / Film
Catch Phrase: Stacks tries to modify his cell phone company's slogan "never drop a call" into a political slogan for his mayoral campaign: "never drop a citizen".

Source: Film / Annie (2014)
Also doubles as a Meaningful Name (see above) Title Drop: "Diamond Dogs" refers to the monstrous forms Childe and Richard modify themselves into in order to beat the tower; by the end of the story, they resemble rottweilers standing on their hind legs, covered in a diamond fabric.

Source: Literature / Diamond Dogs

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