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Synonyms for restrain

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · verb

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineChange

prevent the action or expression of

A low fence will restrain the crowd from rushing forward.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

keep

Same sentence, swapped: A low fence will keep the crowd from rushing forward.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for restrain as it is used in the sentence above.

stoop
interact
reduce

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Closest first: other change words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

perfectverbhonemake perfect or completeRidgelineHas a reason line quenchverbextinguishput out, as of fires, flames, or lightsRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line recoververbrecuperateregain a former condition after a financial lossRidgelineHas a reason line refillverbreplenishfill something that had previously been emptiedRidgelineHas a reason line refineverbelaboratemake more complex, intricate, or richerRidgelineHas a reason line reformverbreclaimbring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right oneRidgeline authoritynoundominancethe power or right to give orders or make decisionsRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line automaticadjectiveroboticresembling the unthinking functioning of a machineRidgeline

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