Resort and Use

Resort

Resort verb - Have recourse to.

Usage example: The government resorted to rationing meat

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Use and resort are semantically related. in make use of topic. In some cases you can use "Use" instead a verb "Resort".

Nearby Words: resorting, resorted

Use verb - To put into action or service.

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Resort and use are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Resort" instead a verb "Use".

Nearby Words: useless, useful, used, usefulness, using

rare	rare resort	rare use
full	full resort	full use
particular	particular resort	particular use
common	common resort	common use
Other adjectives: original, popular, little, main, new, frequent.

Disproportionate Retribution: Post-WWII America prefers to use nuclear weapons as a first resort instead of a last resort.

Source: Literature / The Big One
Sure, most games don't use medics, and instead have players resort to creating either Soldiers, Snipers, or Sappers.

Source: Modern Day & Sci-Fi RPG Class Equivalents
Sticks to the Back: Whenever someone with a weapon needs to use both their hands or play the goal game, they resort to this.

Source: Videogame / Kirby's Return to Dream Land

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