Sentence:  A wide-ranging , bipartisan force - from Minnesota 's Democratic Hubert Humphrey to Massachusetts ' Republican Leverett Saltonstall - was drawn up against a solid phalanx of Southern Democrats , who have traditionally <WSD>used</WSD> the filibuster to stop civil rights bills . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose