Load and Use

Opposite meaning words

Load verb - To place a weight or burden on.

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Use is an antonym for load in burden topic.

Nearby Words: loaded, loading, loader, loadable

Use verb - To put into action or service.

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Load is an antonym for use.

Nearby Words: useless, useful, used, usefulness, using

full	full load	full use
notable	notable load	notable use
best	best load	best use
particular	particular load	particular use
Other adjectives: better, regular, standard, single, heavy, actual, real, great, new, less, limited, literal, wide.

character	load character	use character
kind	load kind	use kind
time	load time	use time
way	load way	use way
Other words: characters, rifle, weapon, card, gun, weapons, guns.

Not only do they have all the knowledge necessary to load and use them, they are able to engage in a protracted firefight with the Drug Lord's mooks, while the guns are on full automatic, without reacting to any recoil or blowing out their eardrums.

Source: Law of Inverse Recoil
Alternately, shoot the outer loop to load bullets into the Uzi, then use it to shoot the villains on the display for various bonuses.

Source: Pinball / Lethal Weapon 3
One error is that the Mauser pistol and carbine take Tokarev ammo (which will load in a Mauser but are too powerful to safely use, and require 7.63mm Mauser ammunition instead).

Source: Universal Ammunition

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