Hold and Rid

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

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Rid is an antonym for hold.

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

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

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Hold is an antonym for rid in free topic.

attention	hold attention	rid attention
power	hold power	rid power
people	hold people	rid people
body	hold body	rid body
Other words: piece, time, way, office, world, head, times.

Strong as They Need to Be: Ricky can get rid of chains and handcuffs, hold a Descending Ceiling, tear a hole in the prison wall... yet a prison cell is able to hold him.

Source: Film / Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
Hold the Line: The whole game is one massive one, as you battle against the Cadence for 300 years waiting for the Chalice to be powerful enough to rid the world of the Cadence.

Source: Video Game / Massive Chalice
Three space pirates hold the Enterprise hostage; Trip sacrifices himself to get rid of the pirates.

Source: Stupid Sacrifice

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