Keep and Oppose

Keep

Keep verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

Usage example: may God bless and keep you

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Oppose and keep are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Oppose" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Oppose verb - To refuse to give in to.

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Keep and oppose are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Oppose".

Nearby Words: opposition, opposing

humanity	keep humanity	oppose humanity
power	keep power	oppose power
order	keep order	oppose order
relationship	keep relationship	oppose relationship
Other words: team, rest, time, world, anyone.

But since no one else is powerful enough to oppose them, and the CD actively works to keep others out of power, it's no surprise how it actually works.

Source: The Alliance
In the Discworld universe, Lord Vetinari is stated to have started almost all the revolutionary and seditious groups which oppose him, the better to keep tabs on them.

Source: Resistance as Planned
The Dragons from Feng Shui are repeatedly destroyed by the evil forces that they oppose, but they keep being reformed by new members.

Source: Order Reborn

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