American English pronunciation
How to pronounce imprisons
IPA transcription: [,ɪmp'ɹɪzənz]
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Verb
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lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
“The suspects were imprisoned without trial”
“the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life”
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confine as if in a prison
“His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone”
Usage examples
- Dream imprisons Azazel in a small bottle.
- Dormammu captures Clea, and overpowers and imprisons Strange.
- The military imprisons the Surfer in Siberia, where they torture him for information.