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- sustain, stall, bandage, confine, hold water, bar, foul, defy, survive, hold, help, bind, hamstring, inhibit, tether, take into custody, constrict, tangle, hold out, complicate, retard, congest, paralyze, obstruct, hinder, sidetrack, restrain, bound, choke, encumber, ride out, live, mire, catheterize, burden, counter, remain, bypass, stay, check, stick around, support, persist, breathalyze, anaesthetize, cripple, resist, lock, impair, snarl, snag, constipate, bide, make prisoner, continue, put off, apprehend, collar, breath test, block, entrap, live on, crimp, prolong the agony, drag, stay on, bridle, appease, stop, hold up, seize, anesthetize, bust, go, book, withstand, handicap, last out, free, entangle, curb, stick, quell, secure, bring back, leash, hang up, body search, trammel, impede, limit, circumscribe, frustrate, bleed, hamper, shackle, set back, arrest, last, cramp, immure, intern, baffle, fetter, catch, capture, abide, oppose, time, interrupt, lag, apprehension, deter, attend, keep, incarcerate, enclose, endure, stay put, constrain, slow, restrict, rest, jam, imprison, bottleneck, plug, jail, hold in, cauterize, delay, keep someone waiting, dam, take prisoner, stand up, stick up, outride, control, bounty hunter, thwart, brake, throttle, clog, law, bung
Examples:
- - The firing of the shot produced a good effect, for the three men who were trying to detain Ivan Petrofsky at once fell back from the window and gave him just the chance needed. - "Tom Swift and his Air Glider or, Seeking the Platinum Treasure", Victor Appleton
- - But now, my good fellow, you must be off; I will not detain you a moment longer than it takes to thank you for your kindness from the bottom of my heart." - "Zarlah the Martian", R. Norman Grisewood
- - When at last his turn came, Isobel did not detain him long. - "Love Eternal", H. Rider Haggard
