Nail and Set

Nail

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

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

Nearby Words: nailed, nailer, nailing

Set verb - To cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop.

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Nail and set are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nail" instead a verb "Set".

Nearby Words: setup, setting

special	special nail	special set
best	best nail	best set
long	long nail	long set
exact	exact nail	exact set
Other adjectives: certain, original, fake, single, heavy, small, actual, large, big, huge, main, new, final, extra, random, last, giant.

Justice League, "A Better World" has an alternate universe where the League is a group of "well-intentioned" extremists, set off by the nail being the death of their Flash.

Source: For Want Of A Nail / Western Animation
At the start of the Stargate SG-1 episode "Urgo", the team set off on an apparently dull mission and Jack comments that "It's all fun and games until someone breaks a nail."

Source: I Broke a Nail
Or maybe it comes with a bonus set of knives tough enough to saw through a nail, yet can still cut tomatoes like this.

Source: Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?

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