Purpose-built
Purpose-built adjective - Designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose.
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Synonyms for Purpose-built
Specific and purpose-built are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Specific" instead an adjective phrase "Purpose-built".
Specific
Specific adjective - Of a particular or exact sort.
Purpose-built and specific are semantically related. You can use "Purpose-built" instead an adjective "Specific".
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Match tends towards more realistic cyber-warfare attacks, like using purpose-built malware packages designed to target specific hardware, and social engineering to get close to his targets.
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In the Apprentice Adept series, sexbots are just one of many purpose-built robots available to the Citizen class, though mostly those with specific tastes go for robots over the more easily acquired (and cheaper) human Serfs.
Source: Sexbot - A few more specific vehicle types are almost always affiliated with a certain faction; Autobots are more likely to turn into emergency response vehicles like police cars and ambulances, while Decepticons are more likely to turn into purpose-built war machines like bombers and artillery guns.
Source: Good Animals, Evil Animals
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