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detainsverbpresent tense third-person singular of detain to take or keep (someone) in confinement by authority of lawPolice detained the suspect. apprehends, arrests, busts(slang), collars, nabs, nails, nicks(British slang), picks up, pinches, pulls in, restrains, runs in, seizescommits, confines, holds, immures, imprisons, incarcerates, interns, jails, jugs, locks (up)constrains, limits, restricts, shutsbars, gatesbags, captures, catches, gets, grabs, grapples, hooks, lands, snaps (up), snares, snatches, trapsbinds, enchains, fetters, handcuffs, manacles, shackles, trammelsrearrestsremands emancipates, frees, liberates, loosens, looses, releases, springsunbinds, unchainsdischarges to keep (someone or something) from proceeding or progressingShe sent word that she had been unavoidably detained. The plane was detained for hours due to inclement weather. delays, holds up, keeps, sets backretards, slowsbaffles, balks, blockades, blocks, bottlenecks, clogs, dams, hinders, holds, holds back, impedes, obstructs, snags, stemshesitates, pausesextends, lengthens, prolongs, protracts, stretches (out)defers, holds off (on), holds over, lays over, puts off, puts over, remits, shelvesconcludes, cuts off, ends, terminatescalls, discontinues, suspendschokes off, reins (in), represses, squashes, squelches, stanches(or staunches), stunts, suppresses, turns backarrests, brings up, catches, checks, draws up, fetches up, halts, holds up, pulls up, stalls, stays, stills, stops carries on, continues, follows through (with), keeps (on), keeps up, persists, runs onadvances, fares, goes along, marches, moves, proceeds, progresses, wendsactuates, budges, drives, goads, impels, propels, pushes, spurs, stirs |