Fall and Lifted

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Fall verb - To go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily.

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Lifted is an antonym for fall.

Nearby Words: falling, fallen

Lifted adjective - Being positioned above a surface.

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Fall is an antonym for lifted in ascend topic.

Nearby Words: lift, lifting, lifter

Viltrumites may be strong enough to lift trains, but a train would fall apart when lifted by something the size of a human.

Source: Comic Book / Invincible
Averted in Oliver & Company during the "Why Should I Worry" sequence in which a piano is being lifted seven stories into the air and does not fall, yet Dodger somehow manages to jump off.

Source: Piano Drop
Fall from Heaven mostly follows the angels and demons part of this trope, but does include the Octopus Overlords, basically directly lifted right from Lovecraft type stories.

Source: Angels, Devils and Squid

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