Extend and Justify

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Extend verb - To make longer.

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

Justify verb - To be an acceptable reason for.

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Extend and justify are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Extend" instead a verb "Justify".

ability	extend ability	justify ability
power	extend power	justify power
life	extend life	justify life
idea	extend idea	justify idea
Other words: position, amount, time, way, war.

As it turns out, the initial "attack" likely never happened, and the inevitable accidents that occur in spacetravel were instead trumped up as Tauran attacks by Earth politicians and generals to justify a war (and thus, extend their power over the whole population).

Source: Literature / The Forever War

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