Related Words for hostages

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Word	Syllables	Categories
surety	/xx	Noun, Noun
captives	/x	Noun
captors	/x	Noun
kidnappers	/xx	Noun
prisoners	/xx	Noun
terrorists	/xx	Noun
victims	/x	Noun
assailants	x/x	Noun
abductions	x/x	Noun
civilians	x/x	Noun
gunmen	/x	Noun
slaves	/	Noun
detainees	xx/	Noun
hostiles	/x	Noun
survivors	x/x	Noun
intruders	x/x	Noun
occupants	/xx	Noun
fugitives	/xx	Noun
robbers	/x	Noun
abducted	x/x	Verb
suspects	x/	Noun
attackers	x/x	Noun
occupiers	/xxx	Noun
imprisoned	x/x	Verb
torturers	/xx	Noun
handcuffs	/x	Noun
passengers	/xx	Noun
enslaving	x/x	Noun
captured	/x	Verb
gunpoint	/x	Noun
noncombatants	xx/x	Noun
inmates	/x	Noun
enemies	/xx	Noun
guards	/	Noun
slavery	/xx	Noun
martyrs	/x	Noun
casualties	/xxx	Noun
human beings	/x/x	Phrase, Noun
shooters	/x	Noun
robberies	/xx	Noun
criminals	/xx	Noun
foreigners	/xx	Noun
hijacked	/x	Verb
entrapped	x/	Adjective
tortures	/x	Noun
targets	/x	Noun
shootings	/x	Noun
insurgents	x/x	Noun
restraints	x/	Noun
perpetrators	/xxx	Noun
soldiers	/x	Noun
militants	/xx	Noun
terrorized	/xx	Verb
murderers	/xx	Noun
combatants	x/x	Noun
the people	x/x	Phrase, Noun
handlers	/x	Noun
aggressors	x/x	Noun
innocents	/xx	Noun
besieged	x/	Verb
oppressors	x/x	Noun
accomplices	x/xx	Noun
evacuees	x/xx	Noun
executions	xx/x	Noun
refugees	/xx	Noun
invaders	x/x	Noun
trapped	/	Adjective
lockdown	/x	Noun
interviewees	xxx/	Noun
traitors	/x	Noun
bodyguards	/xx	Noun
lockout	/x	Noun
traffickers	/xx	Noun
escapees	xx/	Noun
stark	/	Name
unharmed	x/	Verb
fortune	/x	Noun
taking	/x	Noun
hijackers	/xx	Noun
india	/xx	Name
tehran	x/	Name
kidnappings	/xx	Noun
takers	/x	Noun
blindfolded	/xx	Adjective, Verb
beheading	x/x	Noun
case	/	Noun
rescuers	/xx	Noun
rescue	/x	Verb, Noun
freed	/	Adjective, Verb
lebanon	/xx	Name
iran	x/	Name
seizure	/x	Noun
release	x/	Noun, Verb
holding	/x	Noun
swap	/	Noun, Verb
beirut	x/	Name
reprisals	x/x	Noun
edo	/x	Name
carthaginian	xx/xx	Adjective
oaths	/	Noun
pows	/	Name
detaining	x/x	Verb
seizing	/x	Verb
iranian	x/xx	Adjective
killings	/x	Noun
pledges	/x	Noun
charters	/x	Noun
mound	/	Noun
booty	/x	Noun
giving	/x	Noun
detention	x/x	Noun
captivity	x/xx	Noun
throats	/	Noun
plight	/	Noun
massacre	/xx	Noun
shields	/	Noun
israeli	x/x	Adjective
harmed	/	Verb
herded	/x	Verb
ordeal	x/	Noun
embassy	/xx	Noun
tribute	/x	Noun
whereabouts	/xx	Noun
surrender	x/x	Noun
exchange	x/	Noun
american	x/xx	Adjective
fidelity	x/xx	Noun
fate	/	Noun
liberate	/xx	Verb
custody	/xx	Noun
retaliation	xxx/x	Noun
welsh	/	Adjective
diplomats	/xx	Noun
abductors	x/x	Noun
ambassadors	x/xx	Noun
colonists	/xx	Noun
deportees	xx/	Noun
deserters	/xx	Noun
emigrants	/xx	Noun
internees	xx/	Noun
settlers	/x	Noun
strikers	/x	Noun
twi	/	Name