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sectioned

adjective as in indented

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On one occasion, she says she was threatened with being sectioned if she didn't admit to having an eating disorder.

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In his video, Mr Perry said when squatters were staying in the building it had been "sectioned off into bedrooms" and "rented out to people in the most vulnerable of conditions".

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Shortly after the final message was sent, Wallis was found by police and sectioned under the mental health act before being arrested and later charged.

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During the grips of a psychotic episode, he left Highbury Hospital - where he was due to be sectioned - to kill a friend before he was stopped.

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After spending time in an eating disorder unit, I was told that if I didn't change, I'd soon be sectioned, which was the wake-up call I needed.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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