Labour and Operation

Labour

Labour noun - Productive work (especially physical work done for wages).

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Operation and labour are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Operation" instead a noun "Labour".

Nearby Words: labor, labored, laboured, laborer, labourer

Operation noun - A specific task with which a person or group is charged.

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Labour and operation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Labour" instead a noun "Operation".

difficult	difficult labour	difficult operation
simple	simple labour	simple operation
actual	actual labour	actual operation
complicated	complicated labour	complicated operation
Other adjectives: dangerous, underground, local.

Initially intending only to kill most of them through hard labour and sterilize the rest, it was later repurposed to kill the entire Jewish population of Germany and Poland and was termed Operation Reinhard.

Source: Deadly Euphemism
Phoebe is in labour long enough for Joey to be diagnosed and treated with kidney stones, Monica getting set up, Chandler freaking out, an Operation: Jealousy, the triplets parents to arrive from five hours away, and Rachel asking if Phoebe can keep a baby.

Source: Instant Birth, Just Add Water
Of two million people, almost no-one survived Operation Reinhard - but half of Germany's 50,000 imprisoned political dissidents, gays, and paedophiles survived years of slave labour and everyday cruelty.

Source: Useful Notes / The Holocaust

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