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(Entry 1 of 2)
as in caged, enclosed
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immured
verb
past tense of immure
Synonyms & Antonyms of immured (Entry 2 of 2)
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
Synonyms for immured
- boxed (in),
- caged,
- closeted,
- cooped (up),
- corralled,
- encaged,
- encased,
- enclosed
- (also inclosed),
- enveloped,
- fenced (in),
- hedged,
- hemmed (in),
- housed,
- included,
- mewed (up),
- penned,
- walled (in)
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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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“Immured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immured. Accessed 27 Jan. 2022.
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