Resort to and Turn

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Resort to verb - To use or seek out as a source of aid, relief, or advantage.

Usage example: unable to achieve their ends politically, some of the opposition groups have begun to resort to violence

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Turn and resort to are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Turn" instead a verb "Resort to".

Turn verb - To move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis.

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Resort to and turn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Resort to" instead a verb "Turn".

Nearby Words: turned, turning

The two monsters soon turn Kyoto into a raging inferno as Irys manages to deflect Gamera's fireballs, forcing the turtle to resort to melee combat.

Source: Film / Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys
This in turn caused many crop-eating animals to proliferate, leading the peasants to resort to poaching to get enough food.

Source: The Grand Hunt
Having to resort to lethal force to stop a monster from killing dozens of innocent lives doesn't turn someone into a sociopathic Anti-Hero.

Source: Fanfic / The Bridge

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