All 12 Uses of
simulate
in
White Noise, by Don DeLillo
- They didn't prepare us for this at the death simulator in Denver.†
Part 1 *simulator = something that imitates something else
- Short for simulated evacuation.†
Part 2simulated = made an imitation or representation of
- But this evacuation isn't simulated.†
Part 2
- Are you saying you saw a chance to use the real event in order to rehearse the simulation?†
Part 2simulation = something that is not real, but is made to imitate or behave like something that is
- Plus which we don't have our victims laid out where we'd want them if this was an actual simulation.†
Part 2
- And this massive so-called tally is not a simulation despite that armband you're wearing.†
Part 2
- Are you people sure you're ready for a simulation?†
Part 3
- I want to welcome all of you on behalf of Advanced Disaster Management, a private consulting firm that conceives and operates simulated evacuations.†
Part 3simulated = made an imitation or representation of
- We are not simulating a particular spillage today.†
Part 3simulating = making an imitation or representation of
- But there is no substitute for a planned simulation.†
Part 3simulation = something that is not real, but is made to imitate or behave like something that is
- We are here to simulate.†
Part 3
- Birds, goldfish, elderly people, handicapped people, invalids, shut-ins, whatever this is not a blast simulation.†
Part 3simulation = something that is not real, but is made to imitate or behave like something that is
Definition:
make an imitation or representation of