Obtain
Obtain verb - To receive as return for effort.
Usage example: after years of proving herself, she obtained recognition as a serious journalist
Yield
Yield verb - To give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit).
Common collocations
| energy | obtain energy | yield energy |
| power | obtain power | yield power |
| treasure | obtain treasure | yield treasure |
| reward | obtain reward | yield reward |
| Other words: piece, equipment, item, data, money, information, potion, evidence, results, weapon, ending, victory, items, sword, points, materials, powers, crystals, amounts, monsters. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Unsuccessful, he turns the device on himself, hoping that his suicide will yield the evidence he was unable to obtain in life.
Source: Camera Fiend
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