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intern

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of intern

to put in or as if in prison

some Polish citizens were interned in Russian camps during World War II

Synonyms of intern

commit, confine, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lock (up)

Words Related to intern

constrain, limit, restrain, restrict, shut

apprehend, arrest, bust [slang], capture, catch, detain, nab, pick up, pinch, seize

impress, shanghai

hold, impound, keep

bind, enchain, fetter, handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel

Near Antonyms of intern

emancipate, enfranchise, manumit, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter

Antonyms of intern

discharge, free, liberate, release

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