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tackle
noun as in equipment for activity
Strong matches
accouterment, apparatus, appliance, gear, goods, habiliments, hook, impedimenta, implements, line, machinery, materiel, outfit, paraphernalia, rig, rigging, tools, trappings
verb as in make an effort
verb as in jump on and grab
Strong matches
attack, block, catch, challenge, clutch, down, grapple, grasp, intercept, nail, sack, seize, smear, take, throw, upset
Weak matches
bring down, bring to the ground, put the freeze on, take hold of, throw down
Example Sentences
Linebacker Jalen Woods said plenty of time has been spent on tackling after the team experienced significant slippage in that area against the Hoosiers.
“The job of tackling inflation has not been fully completed, and we are not in a hurry to reduce the policy rate,” Governor Ida Wolden Bache said in a statement.
The Nigerian government has denied this, saying it is doing its best to tackle the jihadists.
"We set out to tackle environmental issues head on and make real, lasting changes that would protect life on Earth."
In it the monarch said that the risks of AI needed to be tackled with "a sense of urgency, unity and collective strength".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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