Defended and Held

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Held and defended are semantically related in clutched topic. In some cases you can use "Held" instead the word "Defended" as a verb or an adjective.

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Held

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

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Defended and held are semantically related in clutched topic. You can use "Defended" instead the word "Held" as an adjective or a verb, if it concerns topics such as grasped.

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The WWF Championship, held by Hulk Hogan, wasn't even defended, resulting in all the titles being held by faces by the time the event ended, a rarity for WWF's PPVs.

Source: Wrestling / SummerSlam
Fewer expected him to win it yet he did, held on to it and successfully defended it in Tokyo.

Source: Characters / WWE Commentators
Fewer expected him to win it yet he did, held on to it, and successfully defended it in Tokyo.

Source: Characters / WWE Attitude

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