Captive and Dependent

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Captive

Captive adjective - Taken and held prisoner.
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Dependent and captive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dependent" instead an adjective "Captive".
Nearby Words: capture, captivate, captivated, captivity, captor

Dependent

Dependent adjective - Extending freely from a support from above.
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Captive and dependent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captive" instead an adjective "Dependent".
Nearby Words: depend, dependence, dependency, dependant, depending

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  • Literature / Echopraxia She's held captive in a research lab, has a lethal brain defect for which she is dependent on her captors for protection, and can't meet another of her kind without being driven into a murderous territorial rage.
    Source: Literature / Echopraxia
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