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restrain::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hold back, keep, keep back |
| Has types | blink away, curb, blink, check, confine, contain, control, baffle, harness, hold, hold in, moderate, regulate, rein, rule, swallow, wink |
| Derivation | restrainer, restraint |
she struggled to restrain her impatience at the delays.
Examples of restrain
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Maybe you missed the interview of the young man who helped restrain the shooter.
From the dailyherald.com
Break up or restrain Microsoft, and you lose clear, immediate consumer benefits.
From the businessweek.com
He says he was just trying to restrain her after she lunged at him with a knife.
From the charlotteobserver.com
If you have to restrain the person for a long period of time, you have to do it.
From the nytimes.com
They're taking various measures to restrain price increases and secure supplies.
From the businessweek.com
The left must be willing to restrain its appetite for vast entitlement spending.
From the economix.blogs.nytimes.com
The adaptive rumination now has nothing to restrain it so we develop depression.
From the psychcentral.com
May require the ability to effectively restrain children using proper techniques.
From the jobview.monster.com
Neither defendant made any attempts to restrain their animals, the court heard.
From the haringeyindependent.co.uk
- Keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
- Restrict: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
- 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"
- Hold back
- Intimidate: to compel or deter by or as if by threats
- (restrained) cool and formal in manner
- (Restraint (2008 film)) Restraint is a 2008 Australian thriller film, directed by David Denneen, written by Dave Warner and starring Stephen Moyer, Travis Fimmel and Teresa Palmer. The film was shot on location around New South Wales, Australia in mid-2005. ...
- To control or keep in check; To deprive of liberty; To restrict or limit
- (restrained) Held back, limited, kept in check or under control
