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    • confine :place limits on (extent or amount or access)
      • restrict the use of this parking lot|limit the time you can spend with your friends

    • confine :close in
      • darkness enclosed him

    • confine :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

    • confine :prevent from leaving or from being removed

      • confine :deprive of freedom; take into confinement

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