Increase and Stress

Increase

Increase verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.

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Stress and increase are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stress" instead a verb "Increase".

Stress verb - To experience concern or anxiety.

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Increase and stress are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Increase" instead a verb "Stress".

Nearby Words: stressed, stressful, stressing

considerable	considerable increase	considerable stress
massive	massive increase	massive stress
big	big increase	big stress
little	little increase	little stress
Other adjectives: new, major, general, temporary, less, unexpected, extra, significant, immense, greater, maximum, recent, sudden, resulting.

quality	increase quality	stress quality
power	increase power	stress power

As such, they should not be subject to transformations which substantially increase the material's internal stress tensors.

Source: Expospeak Gag
They can be used to increase your energy and decrease your stress, but you can overdose, become addicted, or be found out and scandalized.

Source: Videogame / Clout
In "Kill The Moon", the Moon is said to had a significant increase in its gravity and be causing massive tides and seismic stress on Earth due to gaining an extra 100 billion tonnes.

Source: Sci Fi Writers Have / No Sense of Mass

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