Imprison and Keep

Imprison

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

Usage example: in this society, we try to imprison criminals so that they can't do any more harm

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Keep and imprison are semantically related. in confine topic. In some cases you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Imprison".

Nearby Words: imprisonment, imprisoning

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Imprison and keep are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Imprison" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

humanity	imprison humanity	keep humanity
man	imprison man	keep man
people	imprison people	keep people
someone	imprison someone	keep someone
Other words: team, world, anyone, everyone, daughter, humans, sister, friends, enemies.

So he's basically trying to keep the world together by trying to re-imprison two wildly destructive above-godlike being.

Source: Wardens Are Evil
While technically not a prison, it was meant to imprison them to keep them from rioting: The Slave Ships.

Source: Hellhole Prison
To keep things interesting, they imprison the rest of the Justice League, and promise to destroy the home city of the loser.

Source: The Gambler

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