Grave and Score

Grave

Grave verb - To cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface.

Usage example: the doomed climber graved his initials into the rock face

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Score and grave are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Score" instead a verb "Grave".

Nearby Words: gravely, gravel, graved, graver, graveled

Score verb - To mark with or as if with a line or groove.

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Grave and score are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grave" instead a verb "Score".

Nearby Words: scored, scoring, scorer, scoreless

known	known grave	known score
old	old grave	old score
particular	particular grave	particular score
certain	certain grave	certain score
Other adjectives: original, proper, single, actual, dark, main, new, early.

Apparently inspired by the movie Death Race 2000, the game involved running over human sounding "gremlins" to turn them into grave markers and thereby score points within a time limit.

Source: Car Fu
Pinball Gag: When Bugs is hit, score points flash around him, ending with a big "TILT"/ Pun: Elmer's grave reads "Rest in Pieces".

Source: Western Animation / The Old Grey Hare
Score one for Margaret from beyond the grave!

Source: Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu

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