[…] what had often been read of in books, but for many generations had happily been unknown to England, for the incarcerations, the torturings, the starvings, the immurings, the murderings proper to a monastic; […]
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Immuring
Synonyms for "immuring" (23 found)
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Noun(5 words)
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Related words (11)
Noun(11 words)
immured stateimmurementimprisonincarcerationrepressiverestrictivesurroundwall inwall-boundwallingwalling up
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More general
12 entriesactionarchitectural termarchitectureconfinementdetentionenclosurefigurative termimprisonmentpunishmentrestraintstatestructure
More specific
14 entriescastle wallcell confinementcell enclosurecell wallscity walldefensive enclosuredetentionentombmentfortress wallsideological confinementimprisonmentintellectual restrictiontomb enclosurewalling up
Collocations
18 entriesact of immuringconfinement by wallshistorical immuringimmure a personimmure behind wallsimmure enemiesimmure prisonersimmure suspectsimmure within wallsimmurement practiceimmuring architectureimmuring enclosureimmuring policyimmuring practiceimmuring spacesimmuring walls
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