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encase

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of encase

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers

fear of the outside world can encase a person just as surely as stone walls

Synonyms of encase

box (in), cage, closet, coop (up), corral, encage, enclose (also inclose), envelop, fence (in), hedge, hem (in), house, immure, include, mew (up), pen, wall (in)

Words Related to encase

bound, circumscribe, confine, contain, limit, restrict

encircle, encompass, enfold, enframe, enlace, frame, ring, surround

armor, cocoon, encapsulate, encapsule, encyst, ensheathe, ensphere, enwomb

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