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Confining

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closenoun(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
confinedNot free to move.
constrictiveThat constricts, or is accompanied by constriction.
restrictivenounConfining, limiting, containing within defined bounds.
limitingnounA limitation.
constrainingnounThe act by which something is constrained.
restrictingServing to restrict.

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restrictingServing to restrict.
restrictivenounConfining, limiting, containing within defined bounds.
limitingnounA limitation.
constrainingnounThe act by which something is constrained.
constrictiveThat constricts, or is accompanied by constriction.
closeverb(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
limitverb(transitive) To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
containmentnoun(uncountable, countable) The state of containing.
stiflingnounThat stifles.
lockdownnounThe confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.
breakingnounThe act by which something is broken.
isolationnoun(chiefly uncountable) The state of being isolated, detached, or separated; the state of being away from other people.
confinementnounThe act of confining or the state of being confined.
crowdedContaining a dense pack or mass of something; teeming.
detentionnoun(countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement.
impoundmentnounThe act of impounding.
suffocatingnounThat tends to suffocate the target(s); so overwhelming and lethal or life-threatening as to suffocate; suffocative.
turbiditynounThe measure of transparency of a fluid (units of measurement include Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU)).
stuffynounPoorly ventilated; partially plugged.
segregationnoun(politics) The separation of people based upon race, sex, religion, or other identity in institutions.

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