Root and Tunnel

Root

Root verb - To set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter.

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Tunnel and root are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tunnel" instead a verb "Root".

Nearby Words: rooted, rootless, rooter, rooting, rootlet

Tunnel verb - Move through by or as by digging.

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Root and tunnel are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Root" instead a verb "Tunnel".

Nearby Words: tunneled, tunneling, tunnelled

full	full root	full tunnel
special	special root	special tunnel
complete	complete root	complete tunnel
single	single root	single tunnel
Other adjectives: deep, obvious, small, actual, real, large, dangerous, blue, dark.

way

root way

tunnel way

In the Artemis Fowl short story "LEPRecon", Turnball Root decides he would rather kill himself by swallowing a Tunnel Blue spider than let his brother Julius incarcerate him.

Source: Never Going Back to Prison
Never Going Back to Prison: In the short story "LEPRecon", Turnball Root decides he would rather kill himself by swallowing a Tunnel Blue spider than let his brother Julius incarcerate him.

Source: Literature / Artemis Fowl

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