SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
immure
verb
To confine or shut someone away.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Confine or shut away
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Usage distinction
Return to topImmure is literary and can suggest enclosure within walls; isolate does not necessarily mean imprisonment.
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In the tale, the jealous ruler threatens to immure the poet in a tower.
The house archivist refused to immure herself in the records room for an entire winter, insisting that her work needed conversation with other residents.
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