Ship and Tractor

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Ship noun - A large craft for travel by water.

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Tractor and ship are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tractor" instead a noun "Ship".

Nearby Words: shipment, shipped, shipping, shipload, shipper

Tractor noun - A wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications.

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Ship and tractor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ship" instead a noun "Tractor".

Nearby Words: traction, tractive

As a consequence, the "shearing plane," which nullified all tractor beams used against a ship, was invented immediately after tractor beams first appeared on the battlefield.

Source: Tabletop Game / Starfire
One of the functions of gravitic technology in Schlock Mercenary is to act like this, usually referred to putting a ship in a "tractor-bubble" or "tractor-lock".

Source: Tractor Beam
Star Ruler features two versions of the tractor beam; one which will pull objects towards the ship (or station), and another which will push objects away from the ship.

Source: Tractor Beam

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