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Restrain

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Definitions for Restrain

verb
to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
Synonyms
confine hold constrain
Examples
  1. This holds the local until the express passengers change trains
  2. About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade
  3. The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center
  4. The terrorists held the journalists for ransom
verb
restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult
Synonyms
encumber cumber
verb
prevent (someone or something) from doing something
Examples
  1. security guards restrained the reporter from throwing another shoe
verb
prevent the action or expression of
Synonyms
keep keep back hold back
Examples
  1. hold back your anger
  2. keep your cool
  3. she struggled to restrain her impatience at the delays

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