Hold and Launch

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Hold

Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.
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Launch is an antonym for hold.
Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Launch

Launch verb - To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of.
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Antonyms for Launch
Hold is an antonym for launch in topics: begin, send off.
Nearby Words: launched, launching, launcher, launchable
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Common collocations

fire hold fire launch fire
people hold people launch people
way hold way launch way
title hold title launch title
Other words: head, weapon, ball, weapons.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Guardians of the Galaxy Airborne Aircraft Carrier: The Ravagers' main base appears to be a gigantic ship that has the hangar space to hold and launch several ships similar in size to the Milano.
    Source: Film / Guardians of the Galaxy
  • The Battlestar The Battleplate "Morokweng" is so big that its interior looks like a minor city: It can hold and launch not just one-man fighters, but starships with hundreds if not thousands of crew.
    Source: The Battlestar
  • Useful Notes / World War I The Italians, realising the inferiority of their fleet, began using small motorboats which had been modified to hold and launch torpedoes; two such vessels managed to sink the Austrian warships Szent Istvan and Viribus Unitis while they were moored in the harbour at Pola.
    Source: Useful Notes / World War I
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