Immured

Synonyms for "immured" (56 found)

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Closest matches (12)

barredbehind barsbeleaguered beset besieged blockaded bound cabined caged cloistered closed-in

Adjective(1 words)

circumscribe

Strong matches (16)

Adjective(4 words)

confine confined enclose enclosed

confined cooped cordonedcordoned offcorralled cramped cribbed enclosed fenced hedged hemmedhemmed in

Related words (28)

Adjective(7 words)

imprison isolate limit restrict shut-inwall inwalled-in

imprisonedin captivityin durance vilein prisonin stirincarcerated jailed leagueredlocked upmewed paled pennedpent uppent-up quarantined railed restrainedshut inshut-in walled

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walled-in

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More general

6 entries

condition confinement descriptor imprisonment isolation restriction

More specific

6 entries

bureaucratic restrictioncell confinementdungeon confinementshut-insocial isolationwall-bound

Collocations

9 entries

abbey immurementimmured behind wallsimmured by red tapeimmured captivesimmured dissidentsimmured prisonersimmured wallsimmured within wallsstone immurement

Inflections

4 entries

immures immuringmore immuredmost immured

Derivations

4 entries

immuration immure immurement immurer

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Pompeians were packed inside defensive walls, and they came and went through gates—the Herculaneum Gate, the Vesuvius Gate, the Water Gate. Vestmann islanders, while clustered, were immured by nothing but the sea, and they came and went through their famous harbor.

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