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incarceration
/ɪŋˌkɑː(ɹ)səˈɹeɪʃən/
noun 3
Collocations
3INCARCERATION + NOUN
andrew, pastor
PREP.
through, with
ADV.
indirectly
Definitions
noun
1
The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
Perpetrated over time, better walk the narrow line / Never challenge what we say / In the darkness of our mind, never thought we'd be so blind / Let the nightmare get away / Isolation cannot be / The best, the best that we can do / Build a cage full of rage, inner demons call your name / Suicide, your only friend / Extermination of ourselves, mass incarceration / Termination of ourselves, mass incarcerate / In the cage, in the cage / You will remain
[…]Syria reemerged indirectly, through Turkey's incarceration of Pastor Andrew Brunson.
2
A strangulation, as in a hernia.
3
A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the state of being imprisoned
- captivity
- imprisonment
- immurement
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Perpetrated over time, better walk the narrow line / Never challenge what we say / In the darkness of our mind, never thought we'd be so blind / Let the nightmare get away / Isolation cannot be / The
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[…]Syria reemerged indirectly, through Turkey's incarceration of Pastor Andrew Brunson.
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The U.S. incarceration rate is the highest in the world.
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Yanni was trapped in a circle of addiction and incarceration.
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The worry of the Kabyles is amnesia since they forget all they've been through and those who persecuted them with weapons and incarceration.
Tatoeba · #12639149Usage Notes
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