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adjective

Definition of immurednext
as in imprisoned

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immured

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verb

past tense of immure
1
as in housed
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers scientists at the research station in Alaska are immured by the frozen wastelands that surround them

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2
as in jailed
to put in or as if in prison immured by a controlling, possessive mother, the young woman had no outside social life

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  1. housed
  2. imprisoned
  3. jailed
  4. incarcerated
  5. enclosed
  6. surrounded
Verb
  • This knife set is housed in a wooden block, creating a sleek, bougie design that will complement the rest of the accessories in your kitchen.
    Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
  • These one- or two-room shacks housed, on average, six enslaved people and had, at most, one window.
    Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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  • Katie was murdered as a 7-year-old girl; where her murderer lives, imprisoned or paroled, makes no difference in our lives.
    Liam Quinn, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Convicted and imprisoned in 2000, the plucky criminal escaped jail and then evaded capture by holing up for months in a Toys ‘r Us and Circuit City store in North Carolina.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of imprisoned
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  • He could be jailed for up to seven years, fined, or both, if convicted of abetting and obstruction of justice.
    Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The nation’s last cabinet minister charged with graft was Wee Toon Boon, who was found guilty in 1975 and jailed for accepting gifts.
    Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of jailed
Verb
  • These ads came up in a Fox News interview with Harris, in which she was asked about her past statements about access to gender-affirming care for people who are incarcerated or detained.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The document states that transgender inmates may require access to individual counseling, emotional support, and medical care such as hormone therapy, surgery, and more while incarcerated based on their individualized assessment.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of incarcerated
Adjective
  • As is customary, Trump wrote a letter to the rabbis, read it quietly, then tore it up and placed in the enclosed area.
    NBC News, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The rapper would not have access to the internet and any outside recreational time would be spent in an enclosed area, according to Lindsay.
    Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
Definition of enclosed
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  • In the midst of honoring the actor’s life and successful career, the people who were close to him are also speaking about the circumstances that surrounded his death.
    Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Taking the stage in a baby-blue leotard — surrounded by a full band and back-up singers dressed in white — the 25-year-old pop star served up silky vocals and perky choreography before slinking over to Fallon’s interview set-up, taking his spinning chair for a ride and laying across his desk.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
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