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Meaning of Incarceration | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ɪŋˌkɑː(ɹ)səˈɹeɪʃən

Definitions

  1. The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
    US, countable, uncountable
  2. A strangulation, as in a hernia.
    countable, dated, uncountable
  3. A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Perpetrated over time, better walk the narrow line / Never challenge what we say / In the darkness of our mind, never thought we'd be so blind / Let the nightmare get away / Isolation cannot be / The best, the best that we can do / Build a cage full of rage, inner demons call your name / Suicide, your only friend / Extermination of ourselves, mass incarceration / Termination of ourselves, mass incarcerate / In the cage, in the cage / You will remain”
“[…]Syria reemerged indirectly, through Turkey's incarceration of Pastor Andrew Brunson.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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