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  • 71bottle up — Synonyms and related words: arrest, asphyxiate, bosom, box in, box up, bury, cabin, cache, cage, casket, censor, check, choke off, clamp down on, cloister, closet, coffin, confine, constrain, coop, coop in, coop up, cork, cork up, countercheck,… …

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  • 72constrain — I (compel) verb actuate, apply pressure, assert oneself, bring about by force, bring pressure to bear upon, burden, cause to, charge, coerce, cogere, command, command influence, compel, compellere, decree, demand, dominate, drive, enforce,… …

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  • 73retention — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Keeping in possession Nouns 1. retention, retaining, holding, keeping, custody, maintenance, preservation; hold, grasp, gripe, grip, clutch[es]; snare, trap. See possession, restraint, tenacity. 2.… …

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  • 74detain — Synonyms and related words: apprehend, arrest, backpedal, backwater, block, bog down, bottle up, box up, brake, bust, buttonhole, cage, check, clip the wings, cloister, confine, constrain, coop, coop in, coop up, cork up, countercheck, crib, curb …

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  • 75confine — Synonyms and related words: arena, arrest, bar, bastille, be into, be strong in, block, border line, bottle up, bound, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line, bounds, bourn, box, box in, box up, break boundary, breakoff point, cabin, cage,… …

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  • 76cork — Synonyms and related words: Carling float, air, asphyxiate, balsa, balsa raft, bar, bark, bedarken, besmirch, bind, black, blacken, blackwash, block, block up, blockade, blot, blotch, bob, bonnet, boom, bottle up, box up, bubble, bung, buoy, cage …

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  • 77detain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. delay, check, hold back; hold in custody; keep, retain. See hindrance, restraint. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. hold back, keep, inhibit, confine; see arrest 1 , delay 1 , restrain 1 . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 78shut up — Synonyms and related words: anchoritic, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, bang, bar, barricade, batten, batten down, be mute, be silent, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bolt, bottle up, bound, box in, box up, button, button up, cage,… …

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  • 79retain — re·tain /ri tān/ vt 1: to keep in possession or use 2: to keep in one s pay or service; specif: to employ (as a lawyer) by paying a retainer Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 80immure — Synonyms and related words: bastille, bolt in, bottle up, box in, box up, cabin, cage, casket, cast in prison, check, clap in jail, clap up, cloister, closet, coffin, confine, constrain, coop, coop in, coop up, cork up, corral, cramp, crib,… …

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