Goad and Start

Goad

Goad verb - To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.

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Start and goad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Start" instead the word "Goad" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: goaded, goading

Start verb - To move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise).

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Goad and start are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Goad" instead the word "Start" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup

people	goad people	start people
group	goad group	start group

The poor kid is clearly in over his head from the start, and has his throat ripped out by Silver Lion just to goad Zen-Yi.

Source: Film / The Man with the Iron Fists
The bots will try to goad you into attacking them when they're next to a turret - and if Shen bot is running over to you while you're attacking a turret, the best thing to do is get out, because he will taunt you and cause the turret to start shooting you instead.

Source: Artificial Brilliance

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