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Increase The Strain

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noun

• a special variety of domesticated animals within a species

• a special type

verb

• call forth

• copulate with a female, used especially of horses

• cause to procreate (animals)

• have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)

95%17Exact Match!
verb

• apply great or increased pressure

36%8Increase strain on
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