Detain and Help

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Detain verb - Cause to be slowed down or delayed.

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Help is an antonym for detain in hold topic.

Nearby Words: detention, detainer, detaining

Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Detain is an antonym for help.

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

people	detain people	help people
characters	detain characters	help characters
anyone	detain anyone	help anyone
everyone	detain everyone	help everyone
Other words: son, daughter, times, kids.

With the aid of Iron Fist, they cancel the sale and detain her.Tropes Achilles in His Tent: Misty and Colleen need help from the Punisher, but why would he lend them any weapon?

Source: Comic Book / Daughters of the Dragon

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