Help and Strains

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Help noun - An act or instance of helping.

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Strains is an antonym for help.

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

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Help is an antonym for strains in topics: pain, cause mental stress.

Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Martin Short's Italian accent as Stefano drops when he strains his voice, like when crying for help.

Source: Western Animation / Madagascar
Chandler clearly strains his brain to resist from being sarcastic and it didn't help that his friends unintentionally (or maybe on purpose) do things that would make Chandler normally be snarky.

Source: Deadpan Snarker / Live-Action TV
Unfortunately played straight by a few too many TB patients who refuse to take a full course of any antibiotic and help in the development of the multi-drug-resistant strains, and anybody who catches those.

Source: Incurable Cough of Death

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