Exerting
Strain and exerting are semantically related. in make use of topic. In some cases you can use "Strain" instead a verb "Exerting".
Both words in one sentence
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If all that wasn't bad enough exerting his power too much puts strain on his heart (he had a near-fatal heart attack after absorbing the explosion of an alien bomb, and recently one punch from the most powerful incarnation of the Hulk threatened to put him back on the critical list).
Source: Energy Absorption
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Strain and Exerting. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/exerting/strain
Exerting & Strain. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/exerting/strain>.
Strain or Exerting. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/exerting/strain.
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