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Detain

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Definitions for Detain

verb
deprive of freedom
Synonyms
confine
Examples
  1. take into confinement
verb
stop or halt
Synonyms
stay delay
Examples
  1. Please stay the bloodshed!
verb
cause to be slowed down or delayed
Synonyms
delay hold up
Examples
  1. Traffic was delayed by the bad weather
  2. she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform

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