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  • restrain :to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free 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

  • restrain :prevent (someone or something) from doing something
    • security guards restrained the reporter from throwing another shoe

  • restrain :prevent the action or expression of
    • hold back your anger
    • keep your cool
    • she struggled to restrain her impatience at the delays

  • restrain :restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult

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