Embrace and Loose

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Embrace

Embrace verb - To put one's arms around and press tightly.
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Antonyms for Embrace
Loose is an antonym for embrace.
Nearby Words: embraced, embracing

Loose

Loose verb - To cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force.
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Antonyms for Loose
Embrace is an antonym for loose.
Nearby Words: loosen, looseness, loosed, loosely
Similar words of embrace

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Common collocations

life embrace life loose life
part embrace part loose part
job embrace job loose job
persona embrace persona loose persona
Other words: powers, tendencies.

Both words in one sentence

  • Fan Fic / Shinji and Warhammer 40k Marshmallow Hell: During the Javaal Arc, in chapter 24, Misato hugged Shinji against her chest and nearly asphyxiated him.Shinji pulled himself loose from her (Misato's) suffocating embrace.
    Source: Fan Fic / Shinji and Warhammer 40k
  • Slipknot Ponytail When Shishio runs through her with his sword, her headgear breaks and her hair is loose as she falls into Shishio's embrace.
    Source: Slipknot Ponytail
  • Bear Hug In the Supernatural episode "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part Two" (S02, Ep22), Dean is so relieved to see Sam alive, he squeezes him in an embrace resulting in pained "owww" from Sam.
    Source: Bear Hug
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Antonyms for embrace


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