Fall and Nail

Fall

Fall noun - The act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily.

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Nail and fall are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nail" instead a noun "Fall".

Nearby Words: falling, fallen

Nail noun - A thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener.

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Fall and nail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fall" instead a noun "Nail".

Nearby Words: nailed, nailer, nailing

human	human fall	human nail
long	long fall	long nail
original	original fall	original nail
single	single fall	single nail
Other adjectives: heavy, small, actual, large, big, huge, bad, main, new, final, last, golden, literal, giant.

people	fall people	nail people
point	fall point	nail point
someone	fall someone	nail someone
time	fall time	nail time
Other words: characters, head, song, enemy, feet, victims.

Patrick Bateman from American Psycho uses a nail gun in quite a few of his murders, the most notable of which involves him nailing a woman's hands to a wall so many times her fingers start to fall off.

Source: Nail 'Em
The way Spragg comes so close and fails to nail it has to fall into the Uncanny Valley.

Source: Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Furthermore, regardless of the fact that he doesn't actually fall for feints, he was still fast enough to nail Riku with his right hand while Riku was on the left side of his body (for reference, Riku wins fights simply by using his running style).

Source: Manga / Eyeshield 21

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