Help and Rid

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Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Rid is an antonym for help in allow topic.

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

Rid verb - To set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers.

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Help is an antonym for rid in destroy topic.

humanity	help humanity	rid humanity
people	help people	rid people
family	help family	rid family
someone	help someone	rid someone
Other words: time, way, earth, world, father, town, everyone, times.

In "For the Love of Gunther", Kick tried to help Gunther hooking up with with Jackie - partly to get rid of her, but also because he wanted to help his friend.

Source: Shipper On Deck / Western Animation
And Kick tried to help Gunther hook up with with Jackie - partly to get rid of her, but also because he wanted to help his friend.

Source: Western Animation / Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil aka: Kick Buttowski
Wounded Gazelle Gambit: The fake Ellie pretends to be the victim of the kidnapper, so that you'll help her escape... and once you do, she'll just get rid of you.

Source: Video Game / Ellie: Help Me Out... Please

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