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operative | being in force or having or exerting force | |
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private eye, private detective, PI, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock, criminal agent | someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations | |
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operative, secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent | a person secretly employed in espionage for a government | |
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operative | effective; producing a desired effect | |
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surgical, operative | relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine | |
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working, running, operative, functional | (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing |