Contain and Imprison

Contain

Contain verb - To have within.

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

Nearby Words: container, containing, containment, containable

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

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

Nearby Words: imprisonment, imprisoning

soul	contain soul	imprison soul
spirit	contain spirit	imprison spirit
people	contain people	imprison people
monster	contain monster	imprison monster
Other words: spirits, souls, enemies, creatures, monsters.

Some are used to imprison her creations that got too far out of hand, and others contain essence given to her by other Gods for use in creating stories.

Source: Public Domain Artifact aka: Kusanagi

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