Achieved and Held

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Held is an antonym for achieved.

Held adjective - Occupied or in the control of; often used in combination.

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Achieved is an antonym for held.

Victory Is Boring: She finally achieved her long-held dream of seizing the throne from her sister during The '90s, but she eventually found out that running an empire implied a round ton of paperwork to handle which proved too much for her and she eventually ceded the throne to her sister.

Source: Characters / X Men Rogues Gallery A To L
In (Real World) Explosive Decompression, if a pressure vessel's structure were to be compromised, all of the gas held inside would rush out until a state of equilibrium has been achieved (if this pressure vessel were in space, this would effectively mean all the gas would be blown out).

Source: Continuous Decompression

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