Handed and Took

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Handed adjective - Having or involving the use of hands.

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Took is an antonym for handed.

Nearby Words: hand, handy, handing

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Handed is an antonym for took.

Various pistols and SMGs are fired using only one hand, which affects game mechanics for characters who took the one-handed weapon trait.

Source: Firing One-Handed
The female warrior protagonist of Iron Dawn devised an underhanded ax blow — with a two-handed stone axe — with which she took a pelvis-splintering revenge upon the bandits who'd gangraped her.

Source: Groin Attack / Literature
They're Diggers and they just came out of the last game empty-handed and broke (The Bonnes took the gigantic crystal for themselves)

Source: Reality Ensues / Video Games

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