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detain
[ dih-teyn ]
verb (used with object)
- to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
- to keep under restraint or in custody.
- Obsolete. to keep back or withhold, as from a person.
detain
/ 藢di藧te瑟藞ni藧; d瑟藞te瑟n /
verb
- to delay; hold back; stop
- to confine or hold in custody; restrain
- archaic.to retain or withhold
Derived Forms
- 诲别藞迟补颈苍尘别苍迟, noun
- 诲别藞迟补颈苍补产濒别, adjective
- detainee, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 诲别路迟补颈苍路补路产濒别 adjective
- 诲别路迟补颈苍路尘别苍迟 noun
- 辫谤别路诲别路迟补颈苍 verb (used with object)
- un路诲别路迟补颈苍路补路产濒别 adjective
- 耻苍路诲别路迟补颈苍别诲 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of detain1
Example Sentences
Border Patrol Chief Agent Gregory K. Bovino posted on social media that agents detained two child rapists and 鈥渙ther criminals,鈥 and retrieved 36 pounds of narcotics.
"They are not detaining them. They are not interfering in them going about their business. Their focus, their sole goal is the PKK."
The Israeli military has released a Palestinian paramedic detained when Israeli troops killed 15 other emergency workers in southern Gaza last month, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said.
He was detained in the early 1970s when the government in Northern Ireland introduced internment without trial for those suspected of paramilitary involvement.
Indian authorities have launched combing operations in the region, detaining hundreds of people and destroying homes belonging to alleged militants.
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