Employed
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Hellfire: Colonel Glass's demise involves a block of thermite employed by Spinnerette that Mecha-Maid originally intended to use as a self-destruct charge.
Source: Webcomic / Spinnerette - To achieve superior speed to other auxiliaries, the steam turbines originally intended for the unbuild 5th and 6th Iowa class battleships were employed.
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Most commonly, this trope is employed when a hero or intended victim is grabbed by the bad guys, usually by the jacket, sleeve, or cape, and discards or destroys all or part of the outer garment to escape.
Source: Giving Them the Strip
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