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detaining
noun as in confining
Strong matches
noun as in imprisonment
Strongest match
Weak matches
- capturing
- confining
- immuring
- imprisoning
- incarcerating
- locking up
- quarantining
Example Sentences
Shortly afterwards, plainclothes agents are seen forcibly detaining her and pushing her into a car.
China responded by detaining two Canadian citizens living in China on spying charges.
On Friday morning, Gaza’s health ministry said in a statement Israeli forces had “stormed” Kamal Adwan hospital and were detaining hundreds of patients, medical staff and displaced people inside.
If elected, he also promised a militarized campaign of deportation that would entail arresting and detaining millions of people in internment camps.
The police responded by detaining dozens of protesters accused of holding an illegal gathering.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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