have recourse to

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consume v.
draw on v.
invoke v.
treat v.
utilize v.

VERB

consume

Synonyms

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absorb deplete devour dominate drain eat up employ exhaust expend obsess preoccupy spend waste

STRONG

apply dissipate drivel engross finish go lavish lessen monopolize squander trifle utilize vanish

WEAK

avail oneself of finish up fritter away frivol away go through profit by put away put to use run out of run through throw away wash up wear out

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fill save

STRONG

appear create hoard

WEAK

accumulate build collect construct fast gather neglect not use starve store

VERB

draw on

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WEAK

effect employ exploit extract fall back on make use of rely on require take from

VERB

invoke

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apply enforce resort to

STRONG

effect implement initiate use

WEAK

call in

Antonyms

STRONG

ignore neglect

VERB

treat

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conduct consider deal with employ evaluate handle hold look upon manage play regard respect serve take use

STRONG

account appraise estimate negotiate rate value wield

WEAK

act with regard to conduct oneself toward have business with have to do with react toward

Antonyms

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abandon abstain disbelieve disregard fail ignore leave let go mismanage misuse neglect receive refuse reject stop

WEAK

harm hurt injure

VERB

utilize

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apply appropriate employ exploit handle promote resort to take advantage of

STRONG

advance bestow exercise forward further use

WEAK

avail oneself of profit by put to use turn to account

Antonyms

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misuse

STRONG

cease halt hinder impede stop

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have recourse to

Asylum seekers also do not have recourse to public funds, but they do have access to state-provided accommodation and limited financial support.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2025

On a 780 to 72 vote, lawmakers explicitly concluded that, in Article 34, "the law determines the conditions in which a woman has the guaranteed freedom to have recourse to an abortion."

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2024

Does a reformed individual have recourse to see a bad act deleted from the cloud?

From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2019

For me, the true receptacles of hopefulness are those books that do not have recourse to the magical thinking involved in the various systems of belief.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 2, 2018

‘The treatment of natural things differs greatly from that of other sciences...In the explanation of natural causes, we must necessarily have recourse to a different kind of principle, called “hypothesis” or “supposition”.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

have recourse to

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