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How to sign: something done (usually as opposed to something said)
"there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions";
Categories: act, human action, human activity
Within this category: accomplishment, aggression, alienation, arrival, beatification, bruxism, change, choice, course, destabilization, economy, emphasizing, employment, interaction, kindness, performance, pickings, play, playing, prohibition, reference, resistance, res gestae, stupefaction, thing, transfusion, transgression
How to sign: institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
"He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination";
Similiar / Same: sue, litigate, process
Categories: challenge
Within this category: expedite
How to sign: put in effect
"carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation";
Similiar / Same: carry through, accomplish, carry out, fulfill, fulfil, execute
Categories: bring about, complete, effect, effectuate, finish, set up
Within this category: consummate, consummate, dispatch, do, get over, run
