Engage and Finish

Engage

Engage verb - To hold the attention of.

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Finish and engage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Finish" instead a verb "Engage".

Nearby Words: engagement, engaging, engagingly

Finish verb - To bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done.

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Engage and finish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Engage" instead a verb "Finish".

Nearby Words: finished, finis, finishing, finisher

mode	engage mode	finish mode
time	engage time	finish time
way	engage way	finish way
battle	engage battle	finish battle
Other words: boss, opponent, enemy, duel, times, opponents.

No Experience Points for Medic: Largely averted since all healers (even the superficially weak-looking Elvish Shaman) can usefully engage in combat and XP are awarded for both simply going a round with an enemy unit and for actually being the one to finish it off.

Source: Video Game / Battle for Wesnoth
Why engage in a drawn-out battle of spell and counter-spell when you can just spam Energy Drain until he has no power left, and finish him at your leisure?

Source: Boring But Practical / Other Media
They will still force you to engage, futilely launch their few remaining surface-to-space missiles at your ships, and make you finish the job because the game just doesn't have any planetary surrender feature.

Source: Suicidal Overconfidence

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