Explain
Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.
Hit
Hit verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
Nearby Word: hitting
Common collocations
| time | explain time | hit time |
| way | explain way | hit way |
| characters | explain characters | hit characters |
| times | explain times | hit times |
Both words in one sentence
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Made of Plasticine: How else do you explain someones head exploding by getting hit by a basketball?
Source: Film / Deadly Friend -
They did explain what a Dalek neutralizer ray does, and why nearly everyone hit with this screams in agony as they die.
Source: Death Ray - Naruto only hopes it won't hit the moon, since that would be really hard to explain.
Cite this Source
Hit and Explain. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/explain/hit
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