Drop
Drop verb - To go to a lower level especially abruptly.
Usage example: although they start out high, prices for home electronics eventually drop
Spike
Spike verb - To penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object.
How words are described
| full | full drop | full spike |
| long | long drop | long spike |
| regular | regular drop | regular spike |
| original | original drop | original spike |
| Other adjectives: straight, single, sheer, sharp, massive, large, huge, bad, noticeable, major, final, significant, last, giant, sudden. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- In one Droopy cartoon, Spike paints a tennis court blue and installs a diving platform so that when Droopy tries to dive in, he would drop to his death instead.
Source: Painted Tunnel, Real Train - In Ultimate Teacher Ganbachi plants a spike to the ground in order to kill Hinako who was dropping from above, only to be nudged towards the spike and have Hinako drop on top of him, impaling him in the process.
- Later in that same mission, a rock golem wreaks havoc on the team by shooting crystal spikes and making walls of stalagmites; one of the scouts uses a salvaged spike from the former attack to drop massive sections of the latter onto the golem's head.
Source: Role Play / Floating Castle
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