Nail and Screen

Nail

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

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

Nearby Words: nailed, nailer, nailing

Screen verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Nail and screen are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nail" instead a verb "Screen".

Nearby Words: screened, screening, scree, screenful

special	special nail	special screen
long	long nail	long screen
original	original nail	original screen
fake	fake nail	fake screen
Other adjectives: split, single, small, actual, real, large, big, huge, tiny, bad, main, new, final, broken, extra, random, last, giant, bigger.

nail group

screen group

The transition from Aliens to Alien³, in which Hicks, Bishop, and Newt, the three that Ripley fought tooth and nail to save in the previous movie, are killed off-screen before the opening credits.

Source: Happy Ending Override
But considering the three-dimensional nature of the space she is in, including false floors and Air Vent Passageways that criss-cross it, and that her depth of field focuses on the sensor screen instead of the environment when holding it, it leaves plenty of room for nail-biting Sensor Suspense.

Source: Video Game / Alien: Isolation
For Want of a Nail: If McVay's numerous requests for a destroyer screen were just heeded... Foregone Conclusion: Par on being an actual historical event.

Source: Film / USS Indianpolis: Men of Courage

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