Box and Imprison

Box

Box verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
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Synonyms for Box

Imprison and box are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Imprison" instead a verb "Box".

Nearby Word: boxed

Imprison

Imprison verb - To put in or as if in prison.

Box and imprison are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Box" instead a verb "Imprison".

Nearby Words: imprisonment, imprisoning

Common collocations

humans box humans imprison humans

Both words in one sentence

  • He even goes as far as to smash the one thing that served to imprison her: the music box.
  • Comic Book / Trinity War Pandora, who started this by giving her box to Superman; thinking he can open it and re-imprison the Seven Deadly Sins.
  • Comic Book / Trinity of Sin: Pandora Artifact of Doom: Pandora's Box contained the Seven Deadly Sins and can re-imprison them if someone with the strongest or darkest heart opens it.
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