Push
Push verb - To apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one.
Wound
Wound verb - To cause bodily damage to.
How words are described
| physical | physical push | physical wound |
| original | original push | original wound |
| light | light push | light wound |
| single | single push | single wound |
| Other adjectives: simple, heavy, small, actual, massive, large, big, serious, huge, little, tiny, extra, additional, significant, last, red. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Spidey gives these out like candy if you push him far enough - say, if you're the Kingpin, and happen to have caused Aunt May's almost-fatal gunshot wound.
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Poisonous Captive: Much of Nny's degeneration could be attributed to the thing behind the wall, who wound up creating the Doughboys with the intent that they could push Johnny into suicide.
- Game of Thrones: Everyone seems to have just the right witty comeback or appropriate analogy wound up in their pocket, just waiting to be unravelled at the push of a button.
Source: Realistic Diction Is Unrealistic
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