Resolve and Target

Resolve

Resolve noun - Firm or unwavering adherence to one's purpose.

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Target and resolve are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Target" instead a noun "Resolve".

Target noun - A person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule.

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Resolve and target are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Resolve" instead a noun "Target".

Nearby Words: targeted, targe, targeting

good	good resolve	good target
original	original resolve	original target
true	true resolve	true target
massive	massive resolve	massive target
Other adjectives: important, new, former, military.

You Can't Get Ye Flask: Some verbs (love, undo) resolve differently depending on whether you specify the phone booth as the target or not.

Source: Video Game / Pick Up the Phone Booth and Aisle
There's considerable love for Bruce/Clark/Lois in fanfic as a way to resolve the opposing pulls of a popular Official Couple and a popular Ho Yay target, sometimes expanded to an OT4 of Bruce/Selina/Clark/Lois.

Source: One True Threesome
The Warhammer 40,000 Orks utilize a high-tech variant in the form of gretchin-guided missiles and one possible malfunction for the Shokk Attack Gun ("move the Big Mek into base contact with the target squad and resolve as if he had charged them").

Source: Catapult to Glory

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