Antonyms for hostage
ˈhɒs tɪdʒhostage

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1. hostage

   Antonyms:
   dictator, conqueror

   Synonyms:
   sponsor, bail, surety

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1. • Prisoner

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1. hostage, suretynoun

   a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms

   Synonyms:
   security, warrantor, warranter, guarantor, surety

How to use hostage in a sentence?

1. Justin Trudeau:

   We agreed that it is something that we are going to make sure we do bring up with our friends and allies around the world, we need to make sure that terrorists understand that they cannot continue to fund their crimes and their violence (by) taking innocents hostage.

2. Trevor Reed:

   Obviously, those charges sound extremely fishy, charging a journalist with espionage, and I think that also kind of signals the escalation that the Russians are taking by taking a journalist and wrongfully detaining them and basically taking them hostage.

3. Chairman Mustafa Sanalla:

   I am pleased the Presidential Council agrees that we cannot reward individuals who hold Libya's oil hostage, there can be no backroom deals if we are to build trust. Any past salary payments to the Petroleum Facilities Guards need to be transparent, properly authorised and documented.

4. Jeff Monken:

   The importance of getting back to normal (was a) sense of message about who we are as a nation, that we're not going to be held hostage by an invisible enemy.

5. Marjorie Taylor:

   In 11th grade, one of my fellow students took our school hostage with a gun he brought to our' gun-free' school, i understand that fear firsthand and I will always work to protect our gun rights so that Americans can defend themselves and others against bad people intent to harm or kill them.

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