Operate and Plant

Operate

Operate verb - To control the mechanical operation of.

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Plant and operate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plant" instead a verb "Operate".

Plant verb - To put or set into the ground to grow.

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Operate and plant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Operate" instead a verb "Plant".

Nearby Words: plan, planted, planter, plantation, planting

device	operate device	plant device
devices	operate devices	plant devices
piece	operate piece	plant piece
weapon	operate weapon	plant weapon
Other words: version, gun, camera.

This tank carried a single Matilda II turret with the puny 2-pounder gun for defence, but most of its design was given over to excavating and earth-moving equipment and the power plant to operate it.

Source: Military Mashup Machine
This is largely responsible for the catastrophic meltdown at a nuclear power plant in Mississippi, as that state lacked qualified personnel to safely operate the plant.

Source: Literature / For All Time
He's so adept in computer science, that in HUNGER he managed to operate and turn off the ENTIRE town's electricity permanently via the 60 year old power plant computer in less than two hours with a bullet in his leg!.

Source: Child Prodigy

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