Held
Held adjective - Occupied or in the control of; often used in combination.
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Synonyms for Held
Strangled
Strangled adjective - Held in check with difficulty.
Held and strangled are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Held" instead a verb "Strangled".
Nearby Word: strangling
Both words in one sentence
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There was only one Third Doctor serial in which he wasn't tortured, strangled, or held in bondage.
Source: Distressed Dude -
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While he does have his moments, Odajima (Bakeneko) is friendly to Kayo, a female servant, accompanying her to pray in the room where Lady Mao's body is held when she gets scared, and trying to rescue her from being strangled to death by an increasingly deranged Sato.
- An unfortunately apocryphal story asserts that he acquired this name when he strangled a tiger while locked in a cage with it in a Russian (or sometimes Chinese) POW camp, which just goes to shows how much awe people held for him.
Source: Red Baron / Real Life
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