Synonyms of immures

immures

verb

present tense third-person singular of immure

1

as in houses

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

• houses
• encages
• confines
• includes
• surrounds
• encases
• encloses
• cages
• closets
• mews (up)
• pens
• hems (in)
• hedges
• incloses
• coops (up)
• corrals
• envelops
• boxes (in)
• walls (in)
• enframes
• encysts
• bounds
• limits
• fences (in)
• contains
• encapsules
• restricts
• ensheathes
• encompasses
• rings
• circumscribes
• enspheres
• encircles
• enlaces
• enwombs
• encapsulates
• cocoons
• frames
• armors
• enfolds

2

as in jails

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

• jails
• interns
• imprisons
• incarcerates
• confines
• jugs
• commits
• locks (up)
• arrests
• detains
• limits
• restrains
• catches
• gates
• restricts
• captures
• bars
• constrains
• shuts
• enchains
• apprehends
• picks up
• trammels
• impresses
• binds
• shackles
• fetters
• pinches
• seizes
• shanghais
• impounds
• handcuffs
• nabs
• keeps
• manacles
• busts
• holds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberates
• releases
• frees
• discharges
• manumits
• enfranchises
• unfetters
• emancipates
• unbinds
• uncages
• unchains

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• liberates
• releases
• frees
• discharges
• manumits
• enfranchises
• unfetters
• emancipates
• unbinds
• uncages
• unchains

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