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- pronunciation:
- ihm
prI
zn
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
imprisons, imprisoning, imprisoned |
definition 1: |
to put or keep in a prison or other place of confinement.
- antonyms:
- discharge, liberate
- similar words:
- chain, detain, jail, lock
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definition 2: |
to confine or restrict as though in a prison.
He was imprisoned by fear and guilt.- similar words:
- jail
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related words: |
arrest, box, bust, cabin, cage, confine, enslave, enthrall, fasten, hold, kidnap, shut |
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derivations: |
imprisoned (adj.), imprisonment (n.) |
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