7
closure(noun, stop, close, finish, issue)
7
place(noun, verb, position, site, station)
6
function(noun, plan, desire, object, job)
6
barrage
6
hassle(noun, seek, aim, tackle, endeavor)
5
aspiration(noun, plan, desire, object, aim)
5
dream(noun, plan, desire, object, aim)
5
dupe(noun, mark, harass, fool, subject)
5
fair game(noun, expression, idiom, target)
5
laughingstock(noun, mark, fool, mock, subject)
5
plan(noun, verb, mean, direct, design)
5
sitting duck(noun, expression, mark, object, fool)
4
aim at(verb, expression, phrasal verb, pursue)
4
drive(verb, seek, aim, tackle, endeavor)
4
duty(noun, use, design, job, aim)
4
fall guy(expression, idiom, mark, fool, subject)
4
meaning(noun, plan, desire, object, job)
4
pursuit(noun, objective, ambition, goal, pursuit)
4
scapegoat(noun, informal, ridicule, butt, laughingstock)
4
spot(noun, aim, objective, goal)
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