Make and Strain

Make

Make noun - A recognizable kind.

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Strain and make are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strain" instead the word "Make" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: makeup, making, maker

Strain noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.

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Make and strain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Make" instead the word "Strain" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: strained, straining, strainer

physical	physical make	physical strain
particular	particular make	particular strain
common	common make	common strain
mild	mild make	mild strain
Other adjectives: single, real, big, great, huge, dangerous, terrible, new, major, psychological, aggressive, last, different.

make work

strain work

The Protoss Arbiter can cloak other units, but not itself; this tends to strain Willing Suspension of Disbelief - who the heck would make a unit that can't cloak itself?

Source: Stealth in Space
It works at first, but the corvus breaks under the strain, as the Lemurians make it out of bamboo.

Source: Stranded With Edison
However, Gremmy had come to believe Kenpachi was an insanely powerful monster and the strain of trying to make his body stronger than that tore him apart.

Source: Super Power Meltdown

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