Pull
Traction
Traction noun - (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing.
Usage example: his leg was in traction for several days
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Synonyms for Traction
Pull is a synonym for traction in push topic. You can use "Pull" instead a noun "Traction", if it concerns topics such as friction.
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The Incans had no traction animals, so even if they'd built carts and wagons, they had nothing to pull them with.
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In Real Life, the traction engine had already been in production for farm and circus caravan use by the 1850s, it would have been trivial to adapt them to pull guns and at least one of them operated in Crimea.
- In Nanny Ogg's Cookbook, during the course of preparing a cheese sandwich, he redesigns a war machine to pull a plough and, since it's key feature is traction, calls it the Machine For Pulling Heavy Loads.
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Traction and Pull. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pull/traction
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