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restrain
1. To prevent someone or oneself from doing something.
2. To keep someone or something under control or within limits: "The police were finally able to restrain the violence in the neighborhood."
3. To physically control the movements of a person or animal: "They had to restrain the dog before he hurt someone."
4. To put someone in prison or otherwise take away his or her freedom.
2. To keep someone or something under control or within limits: "The police were finally able to restrain the violence in the neighborhood."
3. To physically control the movements of a person or animal: "They had to restrain the dog before he hurt someone."
4. To put someone in prison or otherwise take away his or her freedom.
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string-, strict-, strain-, -stringence, -stringency, -stringe, -stringent
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(Latin: [from arcere] to restrain, to enclose, to confine; to keep off)