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  • 81committed — adj. obligated; handed over; consigned to a penal or mental institution com·mit || kÉ™ mɪt v. perform, do, execute; offer, pledge (one s loyalty, etc.); be obliged; give, entrust; send to prison, send to an institution (i.e. mental institution) …

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  • 82committing — n. executing, performing; pledging, promising; entrusting, consigning, handing over com·mit || kÉ™ mɪt v. perform, do, execute; offer, pledge (one s loyalty, etc.); be obliged; give, entrust; send to prison, send to an institution (i.e. mental… …

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  • 83commit — verb (commits, committing, committed) 1》 perpetrate or carry out (a mistake, crime, or immoral act). 2》 pledge or bind to a course, policy, or use.     ↘[often as adjective committed] dedicate to a cause: a committed Christian.     ↘(be committed …

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  • 84imprison — verb Syn: incarcerate, send to prison, jail, lock up, put away, intern, detain, hold prisoner, hold captive; informal send down; Brit.; informal bang up Ant: release …

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  • 85lock someone up — Syn: imprison, jail, incarcerate, intern, send to prison, put behind bars, put under lock and key, cage, pen, coop up; informal send down, put away, put inside …

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  • 86imprison — [v] confine; put in jail apprehend, bastille, bottle up*, cage, check, circumscribe, closet, commit, constrain, curb, detain, fence in, hold, hold captive, hold hostage, hold in custody, ice*, immure, impound, incarcerate, intern, jail, keep,… …

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  • 87sentence — [n] punishing decree book, censure, clock, condemnation, considered opinion, decision, determination, dictum, doom, edict, fall, getup*, hitch, jolt, judgment, knock, order, penalty, pronouncement, punishment, rap*, ruling, sending up the river* …

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  • 88commit — ► VERB (committed, committing) 1) carry out or perform (a crime, immoral act, or mistake). 2) pledge or dedicate to a course, policy, or use. 3) (commit oneself to) resolve to remain in a long term emotional relationship with (someone). 4)… …

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  • 89lock someone up — IMPRISON, jail, incarcerate, intern, send to prison, put behind bars, put under lock and key, put in chains, clap in irons, cage, pen, coop up; informal send down, put away, put inside. → lock …

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  • 90constrain — I (compel) verb actuate, apply pressure, assert oneself, bring about by force, bring pressure to bear upon, burden, cause to, charge, coerce, cogere, command, command influence, compel, compellere, decree, demand, dominate, drive, enforce,… …

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