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confine
verb
place limits on (extent or amount or access)
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verb
place limits on (extent or amount or access)
“restrict the use of this parking lot”
verb
to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
“This holds the local until the express passengers change trains”
verb
prevent from leaving or from being removed
verb
deprive of freedom; take into confinement
verb
close in
“darkness enclosed him”
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restrict the use of this parking lot
limit the time you can spend with your friends
This holds the local until the express passengers change trains
About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade
The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center
The terrorists held the journalists for ransom
darkness enclosed him
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