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- pronunciation:
- ihm
prI
z
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer
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verb |
| inflections: |
imprisons, imprisoning, imprisoned |
| definition: |
to put or keep in a prison.
He was imprisoned for forty years.- antonyms:
- discharge, liberate
- similar words:
- chain, detain, jail, lock
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| related words: |
arrest, bust, cage, confine, hold, kidnap, shut |
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| derivations: |
imprisoned (adj.), imprisonment (n.) |
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