Extend and Handle

Extend

Extend verb - To make longer.

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Handle and extend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Handle" instead a verb "Extend".

Handle verb - To deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently.

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Extend and handle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Extend" instead a verb "Handle".

Nearby Words: hand, handled, handling, handler, handhold

power	extend power	handle power
life	extend life	handle life
idea	extend idea	handle idea
amount	extend amount	handle amount
Other words: time, way, effects, magic, powers.

Sometimes, the guild will extend to assassins and other criminals; others handle only larceny.

Source: Thieves' Guild
Most of the deeper lines of Asura's body look like paint and the rings on his back are made into circular protrusions, he bleeds and spits out Black Blood, Wailing Dark starts off intact instead of being broken near the handle and isn't seen to extend before that, etc.

Source: Video Game / Asura's Wrath
Larry Niven's Known Space: variable swords (Monofilament wire reinforced with a stasis field) extend from and retract into the handle, their state only obvious from the ball at the very tip of the blade to reduce accidents from not knowing where the blade actually is located.

Source: Retractable Weapon

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