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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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