Order and Warn

Order

Order verb - To issue orders to (someone) by right of authority.

Usage example: the police officer ordered the crowd to back away from the suspect

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Warn and order are semantically related in command topic. In some cases you can use "Warn" instead a verb "Order".

Nearby Words: ordered, orderly, ordering, orderliness

Warn verb - Ask to go away.

Usage example: The old man warned the children off his property

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Order and warn are semantically related in give notice of possible occurrence topic. Sometimes you can use "Order" instead a verb "Warn".

Nearby Words: warning, warned

people	order people	warn people
group	order group	warn group
men	order men	warn men
someone	order someone	warn someone
Other words: crew, team, army, characters, anyone, everyone.

Selective Obliviousness: In one episode, Gary tries to approach the girlfriend of a mob boss in order to warn her of her impending assassination.

Source: Series / Early Edition
The king is in love with Esther, but can't contradict an order bearing his seal, so instead he allows Esther to warn her people and arm themselves.

Source: Allowed Internal War
Female A catches on and tries to warn Male B, but Male A convinces Male B that Female A is trying to tear them apart in order to win

Source: Gambit Pileup

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