Alienate and Hold

Alienate

Alienate verb - To cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring.

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Hold and alienate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Alienate".

Nearby Words: alien, alienation, alienating, alienable

Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.

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Alienate and hold are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alienate" instead a verb "Hold".

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

people	alienate people	hold people
world	alienate world	hold world

If other plot-points are put on hold too long or too much in favor of tournaments, it could upset the show's pacing and alienate what attracted people to the story in the first place.

Source: Tournament Arc

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