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confine
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confine (someone or an animal) within something
to contain someone or an animal within something. We were unable to confine the dog within the yard. Could you confine all your car-repair mess within the garage?
See also: within

confine someone or an animal to something

to limit someone or an animal to a particular place; to imprison someone or an animal in a particular place. Would you please confine the dog to the basement? She confined herself to the small room for over a year because of her fear of crowds.
See also: animal

confine something to someone or something

to limit something or the doing of something to a person or a thing. Please try to confine your comments to John. Can we confine tonight's discussion to the agenda?
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Zizek, S, 2005, p 131) With their intrinsic promise, a promise not confinable to any particularity, 'universal' human rights provide a present instantiation of Nietzsche's third response to the death of God.
Is humanity enough? The secular theology of human rights by Fitzpatrick, Peter / Law, Social Justice and Global Development Journal
The problem with this approach is that library collection managers must be able to estimate and control their costs in advance and can tolerate unpredictable costs only in fairly confinable subsections of their budgets.
Principles of Selection for Electronic Resources by METZ, PAUL / Library Trends
The firefighter also determines whether the fire is extinguishable or easily confinable.
Firing up your plan by Cassidy, Kevin A. / Security Management
 
 
 
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