Nail and Obscure

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Nail verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.

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Obscure and nail are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Obscure" instead a verb "Nail".

Nearby Words: nailed, nailer, nailing

Obscure verb - To keep secret or shut off from view.

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Nail and obscure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nail" instead a verb "Obscure".

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Also an example of For Want of a Nail, as in OTL Marvel was kept afloat by its Star Wars comics—in Gumbo, Star Wars only exists as an obscure animated film, and though Marvel still produces comics based on it, they're not popular enough to save it.

Source: Literature / Fear, Loathing and Gumbo on the Campaign Trail '72
One of Clancy's effective themes in his major works is the For Want of a Nail: one seemingly obscure thing or minor crime explodes way out of proportion all because the event is connected to important people through unlikely coincidences.

Source: Creator / Tom Clancy

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