" immure "

1: to close or shut in by or as if by barriers;

  * e.g., " ... scientists at the research station in Alaska are immured by the frozen wastelands that surround them "

•  Synonyms : 

•  box (in),

•  cage,

•  closet,

•  coop (up),

•  corral,

•  encage,

•  encase,

•  enclose,

•  envelop,

•  fence (in),

•  hedge,

•  hem (in),

•  house,

•  include,

•  mew (up),

•  pen,

•  wall (in)

•  Antonyms : 

•  discharge,

•  free,

•  liberate,

•  release

2: to put in or as if in prison;

  * e.g., " ... immured by a controlling, possessive mother, the young woman had no outside social life "

•  Synonyms : 

•  commit,

•  confine,

•  imprison,

•  incarcerate,

•  intern,

•  jail,

•  jug,

•  lock (up)

•  Antonyms : 

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