Exert and Try

Exert

Exert verb - To bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively.

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Try and exert are semantically related in strain topic. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "Exert", when it comes to topics like employ.

Nearby Words: exertion, exerting

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

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Exert and try are semantically related in strain topic. Sometimes you can use "Exert" instead a verb "Try", if it concerns topics such as employ.

Nearby Words: tried, trying

power	exert power	try power
kind	exert kind	try kind
control	exert control	try control
time	exert time	try time
Other words: level, ways, powers.

There are also indirect duels, where two Sympathists try to exert their Alars in conflict.

Source: Wizard Duel
As characters are reused, their power relative to the point in the game you encounter them is usually relative to the amount of effort they want to exert to try and stop you.

Source: Sorting Algorithm of Evil
Some of them exert whatever little control they have left over what used to be their bodies to implore you to kill them - even as they advance toward you and try to tear you to shreds.

Source: Video Game / System Shock

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