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Verb restrain has 5 senses
- restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back - keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
--1 is one way to prevent, keep
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
--2 is one way to control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- restrain, confine, hold - to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
--3 is one way to disable, disenable, incapacitate
Sample sentence:
They want to restrain the prisoners
- restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain - hold back
--4 is one way to restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- intimidate, restrain - to compel or deter by or as if by threats
--5 is one way to discourage
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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