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Antonyms for held
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. heldadjective

    occupied or in the control of; often used in combination

    "enemy-held territory"

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  1. The CDC:

    Stomp, clap, or bring hand-held noisemakers instead.

  2. Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo:

    The sergeant was right there getting ready to put the horses away for the night. As he held two horses with one hand, he discharged at least one round with a single-handed shot.

  3. Gene Dodaro:

    The historical average post-World War II of how much debt we held as a percent of gross domestic product was 43 percent on average; right now we’re at 74 percent.

  4. Donald Trump:

    A war fighter is a profession of arms, and a profession of arms has standards that they have to be held to and they hold themselves to.

  5. Vonda Knox:

    I would just sit out on the porch and watch their yard, where the girls used to play, the yard began to deteriorate, and the weeds grew up. The house also deteriorated. There was just a real sense of sadness. Many people in the town would leave things on the porch and cry. And then so many people started to drive by the house and just look or take pictures. One time, I even heard somebody call Shanann’s name. I looked out and there was a man in a car yelling out for her several times. This was over a year later. But for whatever reason, he thought Chris Watts was still held up in the house or something.

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