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1 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

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2 to put in or as if in prison
  • immured by a controlling, possessive mother, the young woman had no outside social life

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“Immure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immure. Accessed 29 Jun. 2022.

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