Strain
Test
Test verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.
Usage example: all of these unnecessary questions are testing my patience
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Synonyms for Test
Strain is a synonym for test in put a strain on topic. Sometimes you can use "Strain" instead a verb "Test".
How words are described
| physical | physical strain | physical test |
| special | special strain | special test |
| particular | particular strain | particular test |
| common | common strain | common test |
| Other adjectives: certain, original, single, real, big, serious, huge, dangerous, new, early, major, psychological, final, last, different. | ||
Common collocations
| friendship | strain friendship | test friendship |
| system | strain system | test system |
| technology | strain technology | test technology |
| limits | strain limits | test limits |
| Other words: patience, systems. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Upon getting the recipe for the new strain of streptococcus, Khan has his scientist test it on the man who delivered it to him.
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Vamp in the Metal Gear series has the ability to recover from apparently-fatal injuries (including multiple stabbings and headshots) after the Patriots used him as a guinea-pig to test an experimental strain of nanomachines.
Source: Healing Factor -
In Chapter 2, the closest there is to a Big Bad is Huey Emmerich, revealed to be a selfish Mad Scientist who releases a mutated strain of the Vocal Cord Parasites on Mother Base as a test so he can attempt to sell it as a weapon.
Source: Video Game / Metal Gear Solid V
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