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Collocations for exploit - noun

ADJECTIVE

daring, heroic
legendary
His courage and exploits were legendary.
wartime
military, sexual
He was always bragging about his sexual exploits.
goal-scoring, record-breaking (both esp. BrE)

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Collocations for exploit - verb

1. treat sb unfairly for your own advantage

ADVERB

mercilessly, ruthlessly
The workers are ruthlessly exploited by their employers.
cynically
He pursued his own interests, cynically exploiting his privileged position as trustee.
shamelessly
deliberately
sexually

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2. make the best use of sth

ADVERB

extensively, heavily
fully, to the full (esp. BrE), to the fullest (esp. AmE)
The company has been successful in exploiting new technology to the full.
Birds exploit these wind patterns to the fullest.
further
widely
effectively, profitably, successfully
properly
quickly
easily
cleverly, skilfully/skillfully
The architect has cleverly exploited new materials and building techniques.
commercially
She was eager to exploit her discovery commercially.

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VERB + exploit

be determined to, be keen to (esp. BrE), hope to, seek to
be quick to
The team were quick to exploit their competitive advantage.
attempt to
fail to

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Exploit is used with these nouns as the object:
consumer, division, fear, gap, loophole, niche, potential, resource, seam, situation, source, strength, technology, tragedy, vulnerability, weakness, worker

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