Thesaurus / grapple
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Those two lines cross, and slide up one another, and then there’s a grapple and capture.
THIS WEEK’S AWESOME TECH STORIES FROM AROUND THE WEB (THROUGH MAY 7)SINGULARITY HUB STAFFMAY 7, 2022SINGULARITY HUB Even the newest and most important addition to his arsenal, a grapple hook that lets you rocket toward and swing around structures, mountains, and enemies like you’re some sort of gun-toting Spider-Man, is derivative, and not that intuitive to use.
HALO INFINITE MADE ME LOVE GAMING WITH FRIENDS AGAINPATRICK LUCAS AUSTINDECEMBER 13, 2021TIMEIn hindsight, like many who suffer from eating disorders, it was a misguided and desperate grapple for control at a time when the great themes of my life were in chaos.
HOW NATURE HELPED ME RECOVER FROM AN EATING DISORDERKATE SIBERMARCH 25, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEWe are of course in a peculiarly difficult position to grapple with this problem through lack of contemporary evidence.
THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT ROMECYRIL BAILEYAt the moment he felt as if he could grapple the brute in bare hands and come off victor; and if otherwise—what matter?
GOD WILLS IT!WILLIAM STEARNS DAVISA year before, their third cable had broken in mid-ocean, and it was now proposed to "grapple" for it.
ST. NICHOLAS, VOL. 5, NO. 5, MARCH, 1878VARIOUSWe hope it will go on and agreeably grapple with the people in its own district whatever may become of the Jews.
OUR CHURCHES AND CHAPELSATTICUSGilliatt was sufficiently familiar with marine rocks to grapple in earnest with the Douvres.
TOILERS OF THE SEAVICTOR HUGONow her dreams had vanished and she must grapple with dull realities that jarred her worse than they had done.
THE GIRL FROM KELLER'SHAROLD BINDLOSSHe looked at the door, calculating whether he could make a spring for the ax before Carlson could grapple him.
THE FLOCKMASTER OF POISON CREEKGEORGE W. OGDENWORDS RELATED TO GRAPPLE
- battle with
- buffet
- carry on
- confront
- deal
- dispatch
- encounter
- endure
- face
- get a handle on
- get by
- grapple
- hack
- hack it
- handle
- hold one's own
- live with
- make go of it
- make it
- make out
- make the grade
- pit oneself against
- rise to occasion
- struggle
- struggle through
- suffer
- survive
- tangle
- tussle
- weather
- wrestle
- accepts
- acknowledges
- appears
- appreciates
- be affects
- be turns on to
- comprehends
- discerns
- encounters
- endures
- enjoys
- exhibits
- gets
- gets in touch
- gets vibes
- goes through
- has
- has a hunch
- has funny feeling
- has vibes
- is aware of
- is excited
- is impressed
- is sensible of
- is sensitive
- knows
- meets
- notes
- notices
- observes
- perceives
- receives
- remarks
- resembles
- savors
- seems
- sees
- senses
- suffers
- suggests
- takes to heart
- tastes
- undergoes
- understands
- welcomes
- altercate
- assault
- attack
- bandy with
- battle
- bear arms
- bicker
- box
- brawl
- brush with
- buck
- carry on war
- challenge
- clash
- contend
- cross swords
- dispute
- do battle
- duel
- exchange blows
- feud
- flare-up
- go to war
- grapple
- joust
- meet
- mix it up
- oppugn
- ply weapons
- protect
- quarrel
- repel
- resist
- rowdy
- scrap
- scuffle
- skirmish
- spar
- strive
- struggle
- take all comers
- take the field
- take up the gauntlet
- tiff
- tilt
- traverse
- tug
- tussle
- wage war
- war
- withstand
- wrangle
- wrestle
- argued
- bickered
- bucked
- buckled down
- carried on
- combated
- conducted
- contested
- continued
- defied
- disputed
- effected
- endured
- engaged in
- exerted oneself
- fell out
- forced
- furthered
- hammered away
- hassled
- lay into
- light into
- made a stand against
- maintained
- opposed
- persevered
- persisted
- prosecuted
- pushed forward
- put up an argument
- repelled
- resisted
- rowed
- spared no effort
- squabbled
- stood up to
- strove
- struggled
- supported
- tangled with
- toiled on
- took on
- took pains
- travailed
- traversed
- upheld
- waged
- withstood
- wrangled
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