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confined

[kuhn-fahynd]

adjective

  1. limited or restricted.

  2. unable to leave a place because of illness, imprisonment, etc.

  3. being in childbirth; being in parturition.



confined

/ kənˈfaɪnd, kənˈfaɪnɪdlɪ /

adjective

  1. enclosed or restricted; limited

  2. in childbed; undergoing childbirth

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Other Word Forms

  • confinedly adverb
  • confinedness noun
  • nonconfined adjective
  • preconfinedly adverb
  • unconfined adjective
  • DzˈھԱԱ noun
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In response, Pancho Villa’s Army confined their band to their barracks and canceled their traditionally joyful pregame tailgate party Saturday.

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Solis said she has fought for stronger regulations for a problem that isn’t confined to the Latino community, pointing to recent cases in the county involving immigrants from Asian and European countries.

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A further condition required the rally to be confined to Whitehall.

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Never mind that the violence was confined to a few downtown blocks, a fraction of a city that spreads over 500 square miles.

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Demonstrations in the city of Los Angeles on Saturday were largely confined to the federal Metropolitan Detention Center where immigrants were detained; larger protests unfolded in Paramount, southeast of L.A.

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