Hold and Killed

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Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.

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Killed is an antonym for hold.

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

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Hold is an antonym for killed in destroy topic.

Nearby Words: kill, killing, killer

Similarly, some of his aidés also killed themselves before the military could take hold of them.

Source: Better to Die than Be Killed
It's implied that she got it from her father after she killed him, or perhaps somehow got a hold of it beforehand and killed him with it.

Source: Literature / Words of Radiance
Aliens: Spunkmeyer is killed by a xenomorph in the cargo hold of the dropship as it prepares to lift off.

Source: Killed Offscreen

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