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v. produce (energy); "We can't generate enough power for the entire city"; "The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity"

generate, bring forth

v. bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami"

render, yield, return, give, generate

v. give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"

beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth

v. make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

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start, start up, embark on, commence

v. get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"

trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off

v. put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite

v. give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise

v. have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"

hatch

v. draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper; "hatch the sheet"

cover

v. play a higher card than the one previously played; "Smith covered again"

engender, breed, spawn

v. call forth

effect, effectuate, set up

v. produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave"

occasion

v. give occasion to

raise, erect, rear, set up, put up

v. construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"

start, start up, embark on, commence

v. get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"

motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite

v. give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

author

v. be the author of; "She authored this play"

engender, breed, spawn

v. call forth

breed, multiply

v. have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce"

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destroy, destruct

v. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

destroy, destruct

v. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

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