Using the Power of Words as Weapons or as Tools
© 2000 Michele Toomey, PhD


Words as Weapons Words as Tools
   
to embarrass to communicate
   
to humiliate to express
   
to put down to discover
   
to belittle to confront
   
to hurt to inform
   
to anger to demand
   
to taunt to share
   
to defeat to join
   
to blame to clarify
   
to accuse to correct
   
to bully to understand
   
to frighten to be understood
   
to intimidate to illustrate
   
to control to separate
   
to force to describe
   
to prove to orient
   
to trick to entertain
   
to entrap to engage
   
to mislead to lead
   
to lure to guide
   
to discourage to teach
   
to undermine to prove
   
to deceive to inspire
   
to lie to encourage
   
to manipulate to comfort
   
to confuse to touch
   
to rile up to support
   
to turn against to assure
   
to prevent to invite
   
to attack to protest
   
to counterattack to persuade
   
to judge to reconcile
   
to imprison to protect
   
to wage war to liberate
   

How powerful are you with words? Which words as weapons do you use? Why? Which words as tools do you use? What will it take in order for you to be more powerful with words as tools?

 
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