Corral
Corral verb - To take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly.
Usage example: corralled a scattering of stray pens and quickly stuffed them in the drawer to tidy the desk
Nearby Words: corralled, corralling
Net
Net verb - To take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly.
Usage example: a police sting that netted drug dealers from all parts of the city
Nearby Word: netting
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| large | large corral | large net |
Common collocations
| player | corral player | net player |
Both words in one sentence
- In the first episode of Next Gen, Q literally corrals the Enterprise with a giant energy net in space, having decided humans are just too barbaric to be allowed out into the universe at large any longer, and demands that we corral ourselves back in our home system.
Source: Corralled Cosmos
Cite this Source
Net and Corral. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/corral/net
Corral & Net. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/corral/net>.
Net or Corral. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/corral/net.
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