Cage
Cage verb - To close or shut in by or as if by barriers.
Usage example: caged the rabbit at night so she wouldn't wake everyone up
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Encase
Encase verb - To close or shut in by or as if by barriers.
Usage example: fear of the outside world can encase a person just as surely as stone walls
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