Enclosed and Held

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Enclosed adjective - Closed in or surrounded or included within.

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Held and enclosed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Held" instead the word "Enclosed" as a verb or an adjective.

Nearby Words: enclosure, enclosing

Held adjective - Occupied or in the control of; often used in combination.

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Enclosed and held are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Enclosed" instead the word "Held" as a verb or an adjective.

Enclosed Space: The rainforest in Quetzal, and also the Starmen's base where Blake was held for a while.

Source: Roleplay / Earthbound The Rainbow Omen
One piece was being held on a literally bubble-enclosed island, citizens of said island banishing the part of their group who told the truth and acknowledged the past.

Source: City in a Bottle
Barbara Bain's real life claustrophobia was written into an episode of Mission: Impossible in which her character (also claustrophobic) is tortured by being drugged and held in a small, enclosed space.

Source: Claustrophobia

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