noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep , powerful , strong
▪ gut
▪ pure , sheer
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Out of pure ~, he moved back a little.
▪ first , initial
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His first ~ was to run away from danger.
▪ excellent , good , unerring
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Against her better ~s, she ran back into the burning house to save her paintings.
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He had an unerring ~ for when people were lying to him.
▪ base
▪ basic , natural , primitive
▪ creative
▪ aggressive , competitive
▪ maternal , mothering , motherly , paternal , protective
▪ fighting , hunting , killer , predatory
▪
He plays well but lacks that killer ~. ( figurative )
▪ self-preservation , survival
▪ herd
▪
What makes all these people come to the club? In my view it's the herd ~.
▪ sexual
▪ business , commercial , political
▪ animal , human
VERB + INSTINCT
▪ have , possess
▪ lack
▪ develop , hone
▪
In negotiating you have to develop an ~ for when to be tough and when to make a deal.
▪ follow , go on , go with , obey , rely on , trust
▪
Why don't you just follow your natural ~s?
▪ control , fight , ignore , overcome , suppress
▪ satisfy
▪ appeal to
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They accused the campaign of appealing to the electorate's baser ~s.
▪ share
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Both superpowers shared the same ~ for self-preservation.
INSTINCT + VERB
▪ tell sb sth
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Her ~ told her that she was being followed.
▪ drive sb , guide sb
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Artists have to learn to be guided by their ~s.
▪ kick in , take over
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Her ~s took over and she dived on the escaping thief.
▪ be right , be wrong
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I've trusted my ~s in the past and they've usually been right.
PREPOSITION
▪ by ~
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Babies know by ~ who their mother is.
▪ on ~
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I acted purely on ~.
▪ ~ for
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He has an ~ for survival in a tough job.