Confront and Hold

Confront

Confront verb - To oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage.

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

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

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

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

party	confront party	hold party
people	confront people	hold people
time	confront time	hold time
way	confront way	hold way
Other words: head, feelings, times.

You will later hold a(nother) funeral for recently fallen comrades and get to confront STAG head-on and kill Cyrus.

Source: Video Game / Saints Row: The Third
Knowing he is an Ax-Crazy psycho, they confront him and...tell him to hold his position.

Source: Video Game / Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Of course, the cast do eventually put two and two together and confront the mother about it, who is bitten to death by her daughter as the infection finally takes hold.

Source: Definitely Just a Cold

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