Fixed and Held

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Fixed adjective - Having been established and usually not subject to change.

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

Nearby Words: fix, fixing, fixedly, fixation, fixer

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

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

Duval. He initially held a grudge against the Straw Hats because of a misunderstanding, but the Straw Hats fixed the problem (more or less) and now Duval is an ally.

Source: Villain of Another Story
There's Gatling Body, which requires at least three fixed (ie, not hand-held) weapons, and fires them all at once.

Source: Alpha Strike
Magic Skirt: Piraro muses in a blog post that if Atlas held world up, and people in Antarctica saw him, he would appear as if his skirt was fixed in place even though he was upside-down to them.

Source: Comic Strip / Bizarro

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