Synonyms of immure

immure

verb

i-ˈmyu̇r 

1

as in to house

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers

scientists at the research station in Alaska are immured by the frozen wastelands that surround them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• house
• confine
• encase
• enclose
• surround
• cage
• include
• fence (in)
• encage
• pen
• closet
• box (in)
• wall (in)
• envelop
• hem (in)
• hedge
• coop (up)
• corral
• mew (up)
• bound
• restrict
• circumscribe
• contain
• limit
• encompass
• encircle
• enfold
• ring
• armor
• encapsulate
• encyst
• enlace
• enframe
• frame
• cocoon
• ensheathe
• enwomb
• encapsule
• ensphere

2

as in to jail

to put in or as if in prison

immured by a controlling, possessive mother, the young woman had no outside social life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jail
• imprison
• confine
• intern
• incarcerate
• detain
• commit
• restrain
• lock (up)
• arrest
• jug
• shut
• restrict
• catch
• constrain
• limit
• gate
• apprehend
• capture
• bind
• bar
• seize
• keep
• enchain
• impress
• impound
• hold
• pinch
• nab
• fetter
• shackle
• trammel
• shanghai
• bust
• pick up
• manacle
• handcuff

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberate
• free
• discharge
• release
• emancipate
• manumit
• enfranchise
• unchain
• unbind
• unfetter
• uncage

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of immure

Forty-six people perished, many immured by the unrelenting gridiron just below the water's surface. — John O'Connor, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2023

Forty-six people perished, many immured by the unrelenting gridiron just below the water’s surface. — John O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2023

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