Contained and Held

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Contained adjective - Gotten under control.

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Held and contained are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Held" instead the word "Contained" as an adjective or a verb.

Nearby Words: container, containing, containment, containable

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

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Contained and held are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contained" instead the word "Held" as an adjective or a verb.

The ending reveals that Jill held onto a sixth envelope that contained a picture of Hoffman himself.

Source: The Ending Changes Everything
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice When Renust Nju is contained in a cage of lightsabers held together by Yoda, he kills himself with his own lightsaber and is carved up by the blades of the cage.

Source: Fan Fic / Jedi Padme Trilogy
Rivera held one of the bottles up to the camera, excitedly proclaiming that it once contained "bathtub moonshine gin".

Source: The Un-Reveal

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