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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to restrain:   (218 results)

Often used in the same context:
subdue, rein, constrain, suppress, curtail, curb, dissuade, handcuff, stifle, goad, strangulate, exert, punish, coerce, discourage, shield, forestall, thwart, prevent, deter, intimidate, strangle, resist, confine, quell, restrict, justify, insulate, provoke, compel, intervene, ingratiate, dampen, tamp down, apprehend, chastise, deflate, unshackle, pressurize, antagonize, douse, protect, dislodge, rouse, pacify, frighten, injure, unsettle, quash, repress, detain, seclude, stop, sustain, stymie, aggravate, evict, unhinge, placate, reflate, impose, neutralize, extricate, impede, prod, retaliate, inhibit, extinguish, assert, undermine, nullify, fend, emasculate, instigate, browbeat, unchain, defend, fetter, incite, conciliate, constrict, disentangle, induce, squelch, appease, shackle, penalize, distract, coax, eject, isolate, counteract, persuade, stabilize, arrogate, disperse, overpower, tame, mollify, embarrass, unhorse, overawe

More specific:
baffle, bottle up, bridle, check, clamp down, clog, confine, constrain, contain, control, crack down, cramp, cumber, curb, dash, daunt, draw a line, draw the line, enchain, encumber, fetter, fold, frighten away, frighten off, gate, ground, halter, hamper, harness, hold, hold in, inhibit, mark off, mark out, moderate, pall, pen up, pinion, reduce, regulate, rein, rule, scare, scare away, scare off, shackle, stiffen, suppress, tie, tighten, tighten up

Appears in the definition of:
., abnegate, bate, bond, catch, chasten, combination in restraint of trade, cow, cuff, damp, deny, enchain, fetter, grab, hamper, handcuff, hold down, lead, leash, manacle, moderate, overawe, shackle, snaffle, take hold of, temper, tether, tie down, tie up, trammel, trammels

More general:
bound, check, confine, contain, control, curb, disable, discourage, disenable, hold, hold in, incapacitate, keep, limit, moderate, prevent, restrict, throttle, trammel, warn

Synonyms:
bound, confine, constrain, cumber, encumber, hold, hold back, intimidate, keep, keep back, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel

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