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What is another word for
constrains
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▲
To limit, restrict, or inhibit the degree or level of
To impede or hamper the movement or progress of
To physically restrict the movement of, such as by entrammeling
To shut in or place a boundary around
To forcefully pressure someone into doing something
To forcefully persuade someone into doing something
To hamper or hinder the development or activity of
To regulate the speed or amount of something given or administered
To keep within certain limits
To imprison, confine or incarcerate someone
To have a significant influence on
To cause physical pain to
To command the doing of by one's authority
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Verb
▲
To limit, restrict, or inhibit the degree or level of
restrains
controls
curbs
checks
contains
inhibits
regulates
limits
restricts
tames
governs
holds
measures
stifles
keeps
rules
withholds
corks
reins
straitens
balks
US
baulks
UK
denies
reins in
holds back
pulls in
holds in
bottles up
holds down
cools off
keeps down
keeps lid on
puts half nelson on
bridles
represses
suppresses
keeps in check
moderates
subdues
smothers
keeps under control
confines
hinders
keeps the lid on
cools
keeps a tight rein on
keeps back
calms
quells
mitigates
keeps a lid on
tones down
softens
chokes back
trammels
mellows
curtails
overcomes
masters
tempers
holds in check
slows down
bites back
arrests
fights back
impedes
disciplines
hampers
modulates
muffles
stems
damps
muzzles
simmers down
damps down
puts the brakes on
caps
composes
circumscribes
tranquilizes
US
dampens
licks
collects
stills
tranquillises
UK
delimits
stops
pacifies
quiets
quashes
mutes
deadens
reduces
diminishes
retards
eases
gags
squashes
squelches
prevents
freezes
swallows
keeps in line
lessens
gets the better of
staunches
reins back
keeps within bounds
puts a brake on
gets under control
nips in the bud
corks up
stems the flow of
buttons up
manages
settles
re-collects
monitors
adjusts
interns
inspects
corners
rallies
lulls
recovers
relieves
halts
sets limits on
imposes limits on
resists
gains control over
gains mastery over
keeps control of
keeps on a string
hog-ties
shuts in
strangles
bars
deters
pegs
alleviates
blunts
dulls
entrammels
fetters
delays
obstructs
thwarts
constipates
throttles
stultifies
cushions
allays
palliates
soothes
puts a limit on
breaks
minces
relaxes
foils
frustrates
temperates
boxes in
cuts back
crushes
neutralizes
US
pauses
silences
cools down
cuts short
blocks
interrupts
terminates
keeps tight rein on
ties up
brings to screeching halt
soft-pedals
plays down
meets halfway
cools out
stays
counteracts
bottlenecks
buttresses
quietens
kills
rebuffs
circumvents
brakes
neutralises
UK
repulses
discourages
chokes
checkmates
decreases
depresses
lightens
absorbs
delimitates
harshes
lowers
deflates
snuffs out
brings to a standstill
plays for time
slackens pace
interferes with
stands in the way of
puts a spoke in someone's wheel
cracks down on
pinpoints
puts down
clamps down on
takes the edge off
slaps down
keeps in
quietens down
boxes up
gets rid of
soaks up
puts a damper on
makes less active
centres
UK
centers
US
localises
UK
isolates
localizes
US
conquers
brings under control
pulls back
sits on
cracks down
stops from spreading
mollifies
gentles
humbles
cows
busts
reclaims
waters down
gets a grip on
more ❯
“No longer able to
constrain
her anger, Pari peeled the cloth off her forehead and threw it aside exploding in fury.”
Verb
▲
To impede or hamper the movement or progress of
hinders
hampers
impedes
cramps
retards
hamstrings
prohibits
frustrates
obstructs
cools
restricts
inhibits
handicaps
restrains
checks
trammels
curbs
encumbers
stymies
limits
shackles
hobbles
blocks
holds up
holds back
fetters
thwarts
interferes with
clogs
embarrasses
slows down
delays
prevents
confines
bridles
short-circuits
handcuffs
manacles
hog-ties
ties up
baulks
UK
slows
ties
cumbers
balks
US
foils
sets back
cripples
stops
hangs up
curtails
throws a spanner in the works
stalls
bars
arrests
borks
gets in the way
throws a monkey wrench in the works of
circumscribes
disrupts
forestalls
constricts
baffles
controls
deters
straitens
inconveniences
burdens
disadvantages
interferes
keeps back
debars
slows up
holds down
gets in the way of
suppresses
detains
represses
caps
withholds
averts
ties down
delimits
keeps
binds
opposes
leashes
makes late
incommodes
crimps
discommodes
holds
hems in
keeps within the limits of
puts at a disadvantage
weighs down
places at a disadvantage
bogs down
weakens
ties someone's hands
decelerates
subdues
regulates
keeps within bounds
moderates
overloads
catches
throws monkey wrench in
puts straitjacket on
oppresses
charges
bothers
nets
ensnares
enmeshes
captures
impairs
keeps waiting
gets bogged down
snags
sidelines
tethers
narrows down
interrupts
halts
keeps in check
bottlenecks
makes impossible
causes to stay
causes to wait
neutralizes
US
muzzles
sets limits on
imposes limits on
crabs
neutralises
UK
contravenes
counteracts
resists
chokes
entangles
makes difficult
saddles with
disturbs
affects
gives disadvantage
takes out
wrongs
suspends
remits
debilitates
puts out of commission
tampers
influences
throws a spoke in the wheel of
shuts out
louses up
boxes in
confuses
intermits
jams
troubles
conflicts
treats harshly
stands in the way of
puts in an unfavourable position
inflicts a handicap on
does a disservice to
gives a disadvantage to
tells against
treats unfairly
treats unfavourably
cramps one's style
drags your feet
ties one's hands
stifles
smothers
reduces
interdicts
forbids
outlaws
sandbags
enjoins
fazes
wards
reins in
holds in
puts a brake on
keeps in
stems the flow of
puts on brakes
derails
stonewalls
stays
staves off
wards off
puts a stop to
cuts off
scuppers
dams
heads off
counters
precludes
stems
defeats
lessens
sabotages
closes off
puts an end to
bans
spoils
circumvents
brakes
contains
obviates
forfends
puts off
nullifies
avoids
holds off
shuts off
rules out
fends off
staunches
proscribes
diminishes
defends against
nips in the bud
stanches
disallows
decreases
retardates
postpones
discontinues
intercepts
evades
circumnavigates
overturns
ruins
skirts
sidesteps
puts the kibosh on
takes down
chokes off
shuts down
steers clear of
keeps lid on
shakes
slackens
diverts
vetoes
shelves
mires
defers
withstands
quiets
excludes
embargoes
taboos
estops
criminalizes
US
freezes
discomfits
scotches
dissuades from
rattles
puts paid to
criminalises
UK
jams up
turns off
puts back
makes illegal
throws cold water on
upsets
backs off
pours cold water on
outwits
brings to screeching halt
screws up
fouls up
does for
puts the stopper on
turns aside
gives a hard time
places an embargo on
entrammels
straitjackets
pauses
protracts
sidetracks
prorogues
brings to a standstill
stands off
peters out
disconcerts
chains
prolongs
prevents from making progress
indisposes
forbids to
gets out of
keeps under control
discourages
subverts
throttles
holds off on
holds over
escapes
bypasses
beats
obscures
screens
complicates
stands in the way
disqualifies
stunts
tempers
injuncts
disempowers
acts against
anticipates
staves
brings an end to
works against
deflects
plugs
keeps at bay
keeps off
abates
lags
ceases
quits
puts a damper on
barricades
seals
caulks
wrecks
stumps
jukes
ditches
takes wind out of
crashes
unsettles
monkeys with
bogs
destabilizes
US
embogs
loiters
qualifies
reefs
procrastinates
makes it impossible for
makes it impracticable for
blocks out
closes up
clogs up
closes out
fills up
blockades
fills
attenuates
demoralizes
US
chokes up
stops up
stuffs
closes
packs
blocks up
bungs up
makes impracticable
invalidates
snookers
scuttles
saps
emasculates
loses steam
cuts down
puts the brakes on
anchors it
loses speed
winds down
cuts back
occludes
bungs
blocks off
confounds
repels
squashes
undermines
demoralises
UK
botches
softens
destabilises
UK
challenges
hits the brakes
lets down flaps
repulses
nobbles
undoes
parries
checkmates
dashes
congests
plugs up
bottles
gags
stoppers
drags through the mud
lets up
gets the better of
blanks
takes wind out of sails
disappoints
crosses
upsets the applecart
puts the mockers on
puts a spoke in someone's wheel
buries
puts end to
messes up
beats down
counterplots
causes setback
queers the pitch of
clips one's wings
pokes full of holes
helps
damps
saves
lets
chills
dampens
corks
nixes
zings
kills
spikes
pre-empts
locks up
puts down
puts half nelson on
bottles up
more ❯
“The specific technical shortages in their pool of personnel will
constrain
their progress.”
Verb
▲
To physically restrict the movement of, such as by entrammeling
chains
shackles
fetters
restrains
trammels
enfetters
enchains
fastens
bridles
hog-ties
ties up
pinions
binds
handcuffs
secures
gyves
ties
holds
immobilizes
US
manacles
cuffs
traps
pins
confines
immobilises
UK
holds fast
holds down
chains up
pins down
presses
claps
claps in irons
puts in chains
puts in irons
ties someone's hands
tethers
lashes
trusses
hobbles
ropes
trusses up
“Those who, like Menelaus or Aristaeus, wish to consult him must first capture him and
constrain
him in chains, a thing notoriously difficult to do.”
Verb
▲
To shut in or place a boundary around
encloses
encircles
surrounds
circumscribes
confines
constricts
hems in
fences in
closes in
coops up
rings
girds
circles
girdles
hedges
encages
fences
begirds
traps
encompasses
bounds
besieges
girts
frames
compasses
corrals
kettles
fixes
restricts
hurdles
straitens
hinders
shuts in
hedges in
rails in
pens up
pens in
mews up
holds back
boxes up
boxes in
walls in
pens
incloses
envelops
encases
immures
cages
houses
closets
environs
locks in
includes
borders
impounds
wreathes
fringes
blockades
coops
cuts off
embraces
skirts
contains
edges
rounds
engirds
mews
locks up
shuts up
besets
circumvents
imprisons
orbits
circuits
enfolds
rims
mures
hems
rings round
blocks off
beleaguers
holds
invests
interns
covers
margins
circumnavigates
jails
US
loops
keeps
walls
pounds
cinctures
fences off
forms a barrier round
forms a ring around
cordons off
gaols
UK
seals off
sieges
limits
cases
bottles up
lays siege to
closes in on
puts inside
goes around
belts
holds captive
mews in
cages in
isolates
shuts off
incarcerates
blocks
guards
keeps within bounds
restrains
boxes
holds in
captures
enshrouds
walls off
forms a ring round
moves around
leaguers
barricades
entraps
rails
closes off
seals
keeps under lock and key
goes round
enspheres
coils
circumducts
circulates
tours
shuts away
secludes
cloisters
insulates
sequesters
sets in a frame
mounts
comes at from all sides
sets
flanks
binds
bands
enrings
rings in
girds in
catches
corners
takes into custody
takes in
pins down
drives into a corner
takes prisoner
arrests
stores
protects
shelters
retains
keeps safe
sheathes
falls uponfall upon
crowds
sets upon
mobs
throngs round
swarms round
crowds round
verges
delimits
outlines
enwreathes
throngs
closes around
enclaves
more ❯
“
Constrain
them within a suitable cage until we are ready to unleash them.”
Verb
▲
To forcefully pressure someone into doing something
forces
compels
obliges
coerces
pressures
impels
presses
makes
drives
dragoons
pressurises
UK
pressurizes
US
bulldozes
browbeats
requires
obligates
railroads
impresses
blackjacks
pushes
sandbags
bullies
muscles
necessitates
steamrollers
hustles
binds
strong-arms
prevails on
leans on
puts the screws on
intimidates
harasses
bludgeons
demands
hounds
commands
influences
exacts
threatens
badgers
squeezes
enforces
imposes
urges
puts pressure on
menaces
induces
goads
twists one's arm
puts under an obligation
brings pressure to bear on
terrorizes
US
puts the squeeze on
tyrannizes
US
twists someone's arm
uses strong-arm tactics on
harries
cows
hectors
brainwashes
causes
nags
terrorises
UK
tyrannises
UK
uses pressure on
fast-talks
press-gangs
claims
works on
domineers
extorts
shotguns
bears
charges
orders
dictates
concusses
persuades
enjoins
prods
makes necessary
pesters
oppresses
warrants
insists on
acts on
tightens the screws on
pushes around
turns on the heat
needs
wants
moves
takes
restricts
restrains
commits
challenges
bounces
bullyrags
asks
bogarts
postulates
craves
besets
blusters
torments
buffaloes
plagues
insists
cajoles
blackmails
cracks down
wrests
puts the arm on
puts screws to
mau-maus
puts the heat on
has someone do something
comes at
turns the screws on
leaves someone no option
astricts
indebts
actuates
hassles
involves
frightens
overbears
despotizes
leans
bothers
coerces into
pressurizes into
entails
calls for
ramrods
assails
importunes
wheedles
bludgeons into
dragoons into
browbeats into
bullies into
worries
provokes
steamrolls
politicks
sells
argues
intimidates into
terrorizes into
rides roughshod
walks heavy
puts the frighteners on
means
applies pressure
sways
besieges
talks
works over
breathes down someone's neck
kicks
overcomes
behooves
US
vexes
troubles
instructs
bids
turns the screw on
tightens the screw on
puts up to
imposes on
has
prevails upon
effects
behoves
UK
puts the chill on
leaves someone no option but to
occasions
foists
dogs
commandeers
uses duress on
applies
conscripts
urges by force
uses force on
burdens
chokes
obtrudes
contracts
incites
exerts force on
directs
requests
invokes
exerts
expects
whips
spurs
persecutes
pins down
bears down
puts the bite on
bears hard on
puts squeeze on
begs
beseeches
requisitions
solicits
makes compulsory
forces upon
leaves no choice but to
levies
subdues
awes
rides
overawes
employs
pushes for
affrights
brings pressure to bear upon
asserts oneself
calls upon
insists upon
picks on
fines
inflicts
subjects
assesses
lays
pushes about
hinders
represses
suppresses
justifies
scares off
scares the bejesus out of
fleeces
gouges
consigns
assigns
milks
dooms
puts
condemns
high pressures
extracts
bleeds
wrings
makes an offer they can't refuse
skins
holds a knife to
wrenches
pinches
obtains by force
screws
bleeds someone of something
holds up
subjects to
prompts
encourages
instigates
convinces
inveigles
stirs
motivates
triggers
tempts
coaxes
rides roughshod over
dominates
inspires
eggs on
rouses
entices
propels
gets
subjugates
leads
inclines
stimulates
nudges
gooses
brings round
spurs on
talks into
lures
exhorts
chivvies
converts
brings
crushes
pricks
enslaves
victimizes
US
tramples
sics
victimises
UK
wins over
lords it over
keeps down
manipulates
holds down
fires up
treats harshly
grinds down
rules with a rod of iron
rules with an iron hand
tramples underfoot
prejudices
steers
beguiles
counsels
exploits
controls
rallies
incentivizes
US
disposes
animates
arouses
bosses about
turns
bosses around
talks round
advises
excites
invigorates
US
sparks
rowels
sounds
galvanizes
US
emboldens
galvanises
UK
orders around
orders about
brings around
dictates to
domineers over
brings someone to their knees
treats brutally
keeps under thumb
has someone under your thumb
keys up
rules despotically
heavies
terrifies
scares
squashes
constricts
compresses
unnerves
eggs
shanghais
spooks
puts heat on
heckles
roots
gains
biases
biasses
puts through the wringer
mistreats
chivies
taunts
antagonizes
US
mobilizes
US
antagonises
UK
holds a gun to one's head
changes
bends
stings
inflames
brings over
foments
enthuses
mobilises
UK
predisposes
conditions
determines
needles
poisons
makes it hot for someone
makes things hot for someone
brings pressure upon
lashes
rousts
titillates
brings force to bear on
puts the screws to
orients
railroads into
budges
works up
elicits
impassions
evokes
activates
inspirits
steels
steamrollers into
heartens
impacts
vitalizes
empowers
exhilarates
uplifts
exerts influence on
goes to town on
bears down on
bulldozes into
changes mind
helps
strikes
refreshes
incentifies
finagles
jockeys
plays
bribes
stirs up
pumps up
suggests to
hints to
cheers on
boosts up
whips up
peps up
works
maltreats
procures
reasons
works upon
enlists
proselytizes
US
draws
propagandizes
US
tortures
abuses
propagandises
UK
proselytises
UK
proselytes
pulls strings with
hegemonizes
wrongs
colours
UK
suborns
argues into
wheedles into
overthrows
cuts any ice with
touches
makes yourself felt with
carries weight with
scourges
leads to do
gets round
pleads with
turns somebody on to
converts to
causes to believe
reasons someone into
pressures someone into
presses someone into
rules
aggrieves
distresses
masters
spirits up
handicaps
outrages
encumbers
annoys
strains
chastens
saddles
taxes
colors
US
brings to senses
prods into
wears down
leads to believe
gains confidence of
sells one on
proves to
wins argument
ill-treats
acts upon
holds sway over
rides herd on
tyrannizes over
tramples on
weighs heavy upon
walks all over
rules over
beats down
puts upon
more ❯
“If she silently rebelled against a command, nothing could
constrain
her into obedience.”
Verb
▲
To forcefully persuade someone into doing something
presses
goads
spurs
induces
prods
urges
beseeches
pushes
moves
persuades
provokes
instigates
piques
pricks
stings
sways
needles
eggs on
spurs on
encourages
prompts
incites
influences
puts up to
begs
implores
compels
motivates
exhorts
promotes
adjures
solicits
stimulates
entreats
nags
impels
insists
nudges
propels
inspires
tries to persuade
tempts
pushes for
insists on
appeals to
fires up
rouses
arouses
excites
triggers
stirs
inflames
sparks
makes
impassions
entices
procures
stirs up
revs up
roots on
prevails upon
drives on
enjoins
pleads
admonishes
pressurizes
US
pressures
dragoons
requests
appeals
asks
manoeuvres
UK
sanctions
maneuvers
US
proposes
wheedles
pressurises
UK
commends
advances
charges
beckons
rationalizes
US
conjures
rationalises
UK
countenances
puts the screws on
puts the heat on
prevails on
bulldozes into
twists someone's arm
uses pressure on
railroads into
leans on
puts pressure on
calls on
psyches up
advises
drives
gooses
hustles
bothers
hounds
harasses
advocates
expedites
pesters
badgers
inspans
hassles
recommends
harries
speeds up
keys up
pours it on
turns on
sells one on
causes
kindles
bring on
whips up
foments
generates
enkindles
produces
engenders
brings about
activates
occasions
sparks off
animates
precipitates
gives rise to
initiates
creates
galvanizes
US
sets off
actuates
galvanises
UK
results in
fosters
elicits
brings
effects
works up
starts
leads to
awakens
breeds
effectuates
begets
inspirits
raises
triggers off
agitates
evokes
abets
fires
affects
quickens
catalyzes
US
touches off
sets in motion
whets
catalyses
UK
puts in motion
leads
ferments
contributes to
wakens
yields
invokes
rallies
calls forth
energizes
US
translates into
introduces
inclines
spawns
brews
incentivizes
US
begins
hatches
develops
coerces
energises
UK
enlivens
brings to pass
picks
establishes
electrifies
invigorates
US
works
forces
sics
institutes
originates
enthuses
fans
vivifies
gets
exhilarates
impresses
draws forth
peps up
lights a fire under
fuels
cultivates
wakes
vitalizes
increases
bestirs
makes for
obliges
touches
sows the seeds of
emboldens
gives
predisposes
whips
sets on
talks into
brings out
furthers
draws
brings forth
brings into being
gets going
sets going
launches
riles
fires the imagination of
necessitates
helps
makes happen
coaxes
intensifies
determines
revives
thrills
disposes
ignites
convinces
invites
heartens
instils
UK
gives incentive
makes possible
fillips
fans the flames of
summons up
steels
mobilizes
US
instills
US
bullies
drums up
exalts
wins over
mobilises
UK
calls into being
draws on
kick-starts
opens
fires with enthusiasm
sets afoot
renders
inaugurates
contributes
enacts
strengthens
nurtures
sets
primes
gets things rolling
starts the ball rolling
cooks up
does
refreshes
awakes
braces
inveigles
buoys
winds up
challenges
conditions
innervates
innerves
musters
converts
summons
spikes
informs
conduces
means
biases
biasses
brings around
directs
elates
has a part in
bears
pumps up
conduces to
builds up
commoves
titillates
works into lather
livens
shakes up
rowels
sounds
fires the enthusiasm of
predetermines
strikes
prevails
zips up
wakes up
spirits up
acts upon
feeds the fire
livens up
jump-starts
amps up
acts as a stimulus to
buoys up
gingers up
bucks up
juices up
jazzes up
cheers up
starts off
sets up
sets astir
gives incentive to
gees up
has
secures
intrigues
commences
roils
sets in
exercises
eggs
suscitates
festers
exacerbates
jumpstarts
hooks
gains
satisfies
irks
incenses
revitalizes
US
digs
innovates
grabs
cajoles
motives
runs
educes
brainstorms
musters up
gets up
vexes
grills
reignites
rekindles
favors
US
favours
UK
resuscitates
lashes
rousts
reminds
pushes forward
recalls
chivvies
resurrects
impacts
empowers
uplifts
acts as an incentive to
founds
gets someone going
reanimates
reactivates
stokes up
brings up
has as a consequence
has as a result
charges up
jolts
irritates
adds fuel
incentifies
adds to
heightens
intoxicates
spooks
psychs
orients
imposes on
agitates for
agitates against
cranks up
reinvigorates
revivifies
adds fuel to the flames
culminates in
gets to
gives the incentive to
dreams up
comes out with
thinks up
puts a bomb under
infuses
imbues
acts as a incentive to
shakes
maddens
achieves
springs
dispatches
revitalises
UK
vivificates
grows
hints to
cheers on
boosts up
suggests to
realizes
US
realises
UK
risks
builds a fire under
actualizes
contrives
brings back
conjures up
calls up
starts up
beghasts
reassures
infects
endues
rides herd on
has a hand in
entails
calls
demands
steers
ends in
causes to appear
sets on foot
switches on
stirs embers
calls to mind
makes waves
bears up
gives impetus
gives one an idea
is responsible for
chirks up
are responsible for
carries
involves
adds fuel to fire
plays a part in
impresses on
makes willing
brings round
costs
bids
sends
plays a role in
importunes
amounts to
brings off
adds up to
dictates
conceives
causes to be
causes to become
causes to happen
causes to occur
propagates
disturbs
decides
guides
commands
startles
assists
aids
boosts
cheers
forwards
gives birth to
gladdens
regulates
controls
nourishes
nurses
forms
channels
whets one's appetite
bolsters
reinforces
improves
pulls strings
gets at
argues into
carries weight
brings to bear
seduces
impacts on
rules
has an effect on
trains
fortifies
serves
succors
US
succours
UK
enriches
makes alive
gives a buzz
gives new life to
gives life to
breathes new life into
lights up
approves
endows
gives a leg up
paves the way for
whomps up
more ❯
“There was no show of eagerness to dispense with his services as gamekeeper, or to
constrain
him into retirement from duty.”
Verb
▲
To hamper or hinder the development or activity of
strangles
restrains
checks
inhibits
subdues
curbs
quashes
impedes
muffles
squashes
hinders
restricts
silences
squelches
hampers
quelches
quells
stops
overpowers
kills
extinguishes
gags
prevents
quenches
deadens
crushes
destroys
mutes
shushes
stamps out
interferes with
damps down
puts an end to
puts a stop to
stifles
suppresses
represses
smothers
shuts down
holds back
overcomes
controls
ends
defeats
terminates
abolishes
conquers
annihilates
vanquishes
holds in
overwhelms
reins in
puts the lid on
slaps down
cracks down on
puts down
clamps down on
snuffs out
swallows
contains
frustrates
halts
arrests
keeps back
fights back
chokes back
stems
bottles
bottles up
overturns
keeps in check
keeps under control
buries
corks up
buttons up
discontinues
keeps inside
blocks out
keeps in
puts out
nips in the bud
sits on
keeps the lid on
masters
fights
withholds
beats
thwarts
demolishes
extirpates
finishes
queers
subjugates
routs
clobbers
gets rid of
wipes out
puts the kibosh on
conceals
sinks
hides
submerges
pockets
corks
internalizes
US
blocks
internalises
UK
bites back
keeps under wraps
jams up
blacks out
interrupts
overthrows
cows
clamps
dominates
tramples
spikes
holds down
puts kibosh on
tramples on
drives underground
beats down
puts lid on
brings to naught
triumphs over
cuts off
more ❯
Verb
▲
To regulate the speed or amount of something given or administered
paces
regulates
controls
limits
manages
contains
monitors
administers
curbs
measures
adjusts
methodizes
overlooks
tempers
adapts
guides
organises
UK
organizes
US
systematises
UK
systematizes
US
allocates
directs
reconciles
restrains
administrates
legislates
polices
tames
bridles
sets
coordinates
inhibits
standardises
UK
standardizes
US
governs
modulates
supervises
balances
holds
superintends
moderates
oversees
restricts
stewards
presides over
pulls in
reins in
keeps an eye on
keeps tabs on
Verb
▲
To keep within certain limits
restricts
limits
confines
circumscribes
delimits
caps
bounds
controls
demarcates
regulates
fixes
demarks
delimitates
contains
prelimits
tethers
keeps within bounds
imposes limits on
keeps within limits
sets limits on
keeps under control
pins down
puts a ceiling on
keeps a tight rein on
checks
curbs
restrains
bars
trammels
pegs
constricts
fetters
arrests
freezes
inhibits
bridles
holds
hinders
terminates
governs
cramps
specifies
straitens
prescribes
sets
defines
girdles
hampers
corks
hems in
holds in check
holds down
places a limit on
ties down
draws the line on
marks off
puts a brake on
bottles up
keeps the lid on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To imprison, confine or incarcerate someone
imprisons
confines
incarcerates
interns
immures
impounds
gaols
UK
jails
US
detains
cages
pens
holds
restrains
keeps
remands
circumscribes
trammels
stockades
commits
closets
ices
jugs
locks up
holds captive
puts away
fences in
shuts in
holds prisoner
puts behind bars
sends down
puts in prison
puts inside
locks in
rails in
sends to prison
takes into custody
puts in chains
puts in irons
claps in irons
bangs up
sends up
puts into detention
locks away
bottles up
holds in custody
holds hostage
keeps captive
puts under lock and key
takes prisoner
keeps in custody
keeps under lock and key
takes away
puts on ice
prisons
restricts
arrests
books
railroads
throws in dungeon
throws away the keys
pounds
binds
shuts up
keeps under constraint
coops up
sends up the river
throws in jail
puts in jail
keeps under custody
holds under custody
walls in
encloses
mews up
closes in
traps
hems in
institutionalizes
US
corrals
returns to custody
secludes
houses
mews
consigns
releases on bail
commits to custody
returns to prison
institutionalises
UK
coops
shuts away
pens in
engaols
carcerates
sentences
throws into irons
entombs
cloisters
enjails
cages in
sentences to prison
puts into irons
sends
assigns
delivers
certifies
puts in custody
encases
hedges
envelops
incloses
encages
includes
hems
boxes in
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have a significant influence on
conditions
affects
controls
decides
determines
governs
alters
changes
modifies
touches
transforms
biases
biasses
forms
guides
shapes
sways
acts on
exerts influence on
impacts on
works on
has an effect on
has an impact on
Verb
▲
To cause physical pain to
pains
hurts
causes pain
aches
throbs
smarts
afflicts
ails
stings
causes discomfort
pinches
troubles
prickles
twinges
bites
burns
chafes
cramps
excruciates
harms
inflames
plays up
punishes
wounds
bruises
injures
kills
torments
tortures
causes discomfort to
causes pain to
convulses
nicks
Verb
▲
To command the doing of by one's authority
decrees
commands
orders
dictates
ordains
rules
decides
prescribes
proclaims
calls
demands
determines
directs
enacts
mandates
pronounces
adjudges
enjoins
announces
authorises
UK
authorizes
US
compels
declares
forces
imposes
obliges
requires
sets
lays down
lays down the law
puts your foot down
reads the riot act
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