restrain Synonyms

restrain Meaning

Wordnet

restrain (v)

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement

restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult

prevent (someone or something) from doing something

prevent the action or expression of

Webster

restrain (v. t.)

To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb.

To draw back toghtly, as a rein.

To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge.

To limit; to confine; to restrict.

To withhold; to forbear.

restrain Sentence Examples

  1. The nurse gently restrained the agitated patient to prevent harm to himself or others.
  2. The ropes were used to restrain the captured criminal during transport.
  3. The dog's excessive barking led the owner to restrain him with a muzzle.
  4. The security guards restrained the unruly crowd before they could enter the building.
  5. The police officer restrained the suspect with handcuffs after a brief struggle.
  6. The doctor restrained the patient's arm to perform an injection.
  7. The teacher had to restrain himself from reacting to the student's disrespectful behavior.
  8. The horses were restrained in their stalls before being transported to the racecourse.
  9. The government imposed sanctions to restrain the flow of goods and services to the target country.
  10. The icy grip of fear restrained his heart, leaving him unable to move.

FAQs About the word restrain

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement, restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult, prevent (someone

stifle, contain, keep,regulate, suppress, control, curb, hold, rule, stop

liberate, loosen,lose, loosen, liberate, lose, loose, express,express, loose

The nurse gently restrained the agitated patient to prevent harm to himself or others.

The ropes were used to restrain the captured criminal during transport.

The dog's excessive barking led the owner to restrain him with a muzzle.

The security guards restrained the unruly crowd before they could enter the building.