Flight
Flight noun - The act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement.
Usage example: a work of 19th-century Romanticism depicting the ancient Israelites' flight from Egypt
Hold
Hold noun - The act or manner of holding.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Given their bodies were modified with Kryptonian DNA with all it implies (flight, invulnerability, capability to hold your breath virtually indefinitely...) they had no trouble pulling it off.
Source: Zero-G Spot -
The flight power from the Red Stars seems to be centered in Mario's hands, and he needs to hold them outward to fly or hover.
Source: Up, Up and Away! - He does this to Alice in year 3, choosing her oldest, deepest fear of falling from great heights, which no longer has the same hold on her since she can control her flight.
Source: Literature / Super Powereds
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