Hail
Hail verb - To demand or request the presence or service of.
Usage example: hailed the waiter for the check
Invoke
Invoke verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Nearby Words: invocation, invoking
Common collocations
| power | hail power | invoke power |
Both words in one sentence
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In American football, the purpose of a Hail Mary toss is to invoke this trope in hopes of scoring desperately needed points.
Source: Desperate Object Catch -
Aspiring mages can invoke this by putting most of their AP into Icebolt, Ice Spear, Hail Storm, and Ice Mastery.
Source: Video Game / Mabinogi -
What makes this especially odd is that the only playable characters that can summon Eidolons hail from a race of naturally gifted summoners, but the non-player characters that invoke their city-destroying powers do not.
Source: Video Game / Final Fantasy IX
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