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Detain Common

Detain has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

deprive of freedom; take into confinement

2

stop or halt

"Please stay the bloodshed!"

3

cause to be slowed down or delayed

"Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"

"she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"

4

To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.

Example Sentences
"Please stay the bloodshed!" verb
"Traffic was delayed by the bad weather" verb
"she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
liberate hurry
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
check decelerate
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
keep straiten imprison intern bind over cage trap keep in stonewall catch stall buy time
Rhyming Words
ain iain jain nain hain rain vain lain gain fain sain main kain wain zain dain tain bain pain cain
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