| freeze(noun, verb) | |
| incarcerate(verb, hold, keep, free, restrain) | |
| block(noun, verb, support, open, encourage) | |
| condemn(verb, hold, keep, praise, restrain) | |
| convict(noun, verb, hold, keep, free) | |
| fetter(noun, verb, hold, free) | |
| grip(noun, verb, hold, embrace, clasp) | |
| apprehend | |
| maintain(verb, hold, take, keep, destroy) | |
| moving forward | |
| restrain(verb, hold, help, keep, free) | |
| retain(verb, hold, keep, restrain, abandon) | |
| abduct(verb, take, give, permission) | |
| grasp(noun, verb, stop, hold, free) | |
| withhold(verb, open, keep, free) | |
| captivity | |
| chasten(help, aid) | |
| choke(verb, open, free, block, loose) | |
| circumscribe(verb, free) | |
| clench(verb, grasp, unfasten) |
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