Broach

/bɹoʊt͡ʃ/

Synonyms for "broach" (199 found)

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Closest matches (40)

advance agitate air auger begin bite bleed blue bore boring bringbring beforebring forwardbring inbring upchink christen cleave clipcommend to attention

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countersink crack crevasse cutcut opendecant declare deliver dispart display divaricate divide divulge draftdraft offdrain draw

Noun(3 words)

breastpin broochcutting tool

Strong matches (60)

draw fromdraw offdrill empierce empty establish exhaust expansive express extended fissure fix floatfly openfoundgive outgore gougegouge outhint at

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hole honeycomb impale inaugurate incise induct initiate install institute interject interpose introduce lance launchlay beforelay openlead letlet bloodlet outlift upmake a motionmake knownmake publicmention milk moot move needle off-coloroffer a resolutionope open

Noun(6 words)

haussahole cutterintroducemachining toolmoots open

Verb(1 words)

initiate

Related words (99)

open uppart penetrate penetration perforate perforation phlebotomize pierce piercing pin pink pipette pose postulate prefer prick propose proposition propound publish

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pumppump outpunch puncture purpleput forthput forwardput it toput outracy raise reamream outrecommend rent riddle riftring inrip risque riverun throughsalty scopic separateset agoingset beforeset forthset on footset upshady siphonsiphon offskewer slit spear spicy spike spit split spreadspread outspringspring openstab startstart goingstart upstick submit sucksuck outsuggest suggestiveswing opentalk abouttap teartear openthrow opentouch ontouch upontransfix transpierce trepan trephineturn onusher invenesect ventilate venture wicked wide

Noun(6 words)

pierce present spigot taptapered toolvent

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More general

11 entries

device discuss fittinghash outinstrumentmachining toolopening operationpinspeech acttalk overtool

More specific

11 entries

barrel piercingbarrel tapcask openingcask tapdental broachopening statementpreliminary remarkround broachslitting broachtopic introductionwine tap

Collocations

12 entries

barrelbroach sizebroach toolbroaching toolcaskcask broachissue openinground broachsubjecttapered broachtopic

Inflections

3 entries

broached broaches broaching

Derivations

2 entries

broachable broacher

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

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Anyway, I'm glad you were able to broach this difficult subject.

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I hesitate to broach the subject with her.

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Tom tried to broach the subject.

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Tom did not broach the subject.

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