Free and In vain

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Free adverb - Without restraint.

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In vain and free are semantically related. In some cases you can use "In vain" instead an adverb "Free".

Nearby Words: freely, freed

In vain adverb - To no avail.

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Free and in vain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Free" instead an adverb phrase "In vain".

In the same stage, a worker gets trapped in the claws of a damaged NANCY-MI847J robot while a fellow worker tries in vain to free them.

Source: Video Game / Street Fighter X Tekken
This allows the other lanterns to escape and free the planet from its tyranny so he would not die in vain.

Source: Characters / GL Red Lantern Corps
All of his years of searching for a cure were in vain, the only way he could be free from his condition was to die.

Source: Series / The Incredible Hulk

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