Impulse and Reality

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Impulse noun - Something that arouses action or activity.

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Reality is an antonym for impulse in drive topic.

Nearby Words: impulsive, impulsively, impulsion, impulsing, impulsed

Reality noun - Something that actually exists.

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Impulse is an antonym for reality.

Nearby Words: realize, real, realise, realistic, realization

human	human impulse	human reality
full	full impulse	full reality
common	common impulse	common reality
original	original impulse	original reality
Other adjectives: true, single, evil, new, next, strange.

Impulse, Barry's grandson, who had inherited his speed, but had no sense of personal danger or responsibility after being raised in virtual reality.

Source: Franchise / The Flash
Cloud Cuckoolander: Pierce, who tends to act on impulse and generally has little grasp on reality.

Source: Comic Strip / Zits
When Golden Age super-speedster Max Mercury was put in charge of teaching Impulse (Bart Allen) some sense, he had his work cut out for him; Impulse had been raised in a consequence-free virtual reality video-game, and as such tended to act without thinking.

Source: Secret Test of Character

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