Nail and Plug

Nail

Nail noun - A thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener.

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Plug and nail are semantically related in thing topic. In some cases you can use "Plug" instead a noun "Nail", when it comes to topics like pin.

Nearby Words: nailed, nailer, nailing

Plug noun - Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly.

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Nail and plug are semantically related in pin topic. Sometimes you can use "Nail" instead a noun "Plug".

Nearby Words: plugged, plugboard

special	special nail	special plug
long	long nail	long plug
ordinary	ordinary nail	ordinary plug
sharp	sharp nail	sharp plug
Other adjectives: large, big, huge, wooden, bad, new, random, last, literal, proverbial, giant.

He had fought tooth and nail with the rest of creative to get it on the air — after the (expected) negative fan reaction, Vince McMahon himself pulled the plug, which is what would ultimately cause Russo to jump ship to WCW.

Source: Everyone Has Standards
The muzzle pressure generated by the blank proved sufficient to blow a plug of his own skull completely through his brain in much the the same way some nail guns use blank cartridges to drive nails into concrete and steel.

Source: Fatal Method Acting

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