immured

verb

Meaning

To cloister, confine, imprison: to lock up behind walls.
To put or bury within a wall.
(of a growing crystal) To trap or capture (an impurity); chiefly in the participial adjective immured and gerund or gerundial noun immuring.
Imprisoned or confined

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Related words

intermured(English)pent(English)captive(English)incarcerate(English)walled(English)incaverned(English)prison-bound(English)caged(English)sacrifice(English)monk(English)alive(English)wall(English)

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Sources

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