Monitor and Restrain

Monitor

Monitor verb - To pay continued close attention to (something) for a particular purpose.
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Synonyms for Monitor

Restrain and monitor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Restrain" instead a verb "Monitor".

Restrain

Restrain verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).

Monitor and restrain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Monitor" instead a verb "Restrain".

Nearby Words: restraint, restricted, restraining

Common collocations

character monitor character restrain character
people monitor people restrain people
actions monitor actions restrain actions
members monitor members restrain members
Other words: prisoners.

Both words in one sentence

  • Western Animation / Green Lantern: The Animated Series The Anti-Monitor has one, too, which he uses to restrain Hal while he absorbs the Interceptor (that failed, fortunately).
  • Amusingly, you eventually learn that yes, humanity looks just as utterly hideous to THEM as they do to US, with one of them blithely admitting that he can barely restrain himself from throwing up whenever he sees you on his monitor.
  • The detectives, watching on a monitor in another room, could barely restrain themselves from howling with laughter as a Haitian-born detective translates this for them with a big-ass grin on her face.
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