Restrain and Slow

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

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Slow is a synonym for restrain in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Slow" instead a verb "Restrain".

Slow verb - To cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace.

Usage example: if you don't slow your delivery down a bit, your speech will be over too soon

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Restrain is a synonym for slow in activity topic. Sometimes you can use "Restrain" instead a verb "Slow", if it concerns topics such as restrict.

Nearby Words: slowness, slowed, slowly, slowing, slowdown

enthusiasm	restrain enthusiasm	slow enthusiasm
sense	restrain sense	slow sense
hero	restrain hero	slow hero
people	restrain people	slow people
Other words: someone, system, head, opponent, opponents, enemies.

Transformers: More than Meets the Eye has the 'slow cell,' a piece of technology which causes a 1:360 time dilation bubble to form inside it to restrain prisoners who might escape.

Source: Year Outside, Hour Inside
The tapes then turn into an Apocalyptic Log chronicling his slow descent into madness, and the destruction of his life resulting from this, ending with him begging the viewer to restrain him if becomes so far gone that he's a threat.

Source: Christmas Episode
First an Akerut man says that the March Harrier (the PCs' ship) is a "fat sow too slow to win anything but a garbage contract, and so old that it's only the rust that holds it together." If the PCs want to attack them, the Oberlindes crewmen will restrain them because they don't want any trouble.

Source: Shout Out / Tabletop Games

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