Engage and Limit

Engage

Engage verb - To hold the attention of.

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

Nearby Words: engagement, engaging, engagingly

Limit verb - To set bounds or an upper limit for.

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Engage and limit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Engage" instead a verb "Limit".

number	engage number	limit number
time	engage time	limit time
way	engage way	limit way
player	engage player	limit player
Other words: forces, skills, powers, ships, targets.

Police departments are beginning to limit the circumstances under which they will engage in chases for exactly this reason.

Source: Destructive Saviour aka: Destructive Savior
A rather odd example occurs when near the beginning of the game, Cloud has to engage in a contest with body builders, doing the most squats in a time limit without screwing up.

Source: Character Tics
Also, hyper generators do have a short cycle time, so it is possible (if you know exactly when and where the ships are going to exit hyper) to engage a force outside the hyper limit.

Source: Hyperspeed Escape

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Limit or Engage. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/engage/limit.

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