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encase

verb as in box

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verb as in cocoon

verb as in sheathe

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Jackrabbits or other critters that need the water encased in the plant often gobble them up.

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According to Miyazaki, Earth was once encased in a global ocean of molten rock.

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The paper would have been disregarded as meaningless had it not been encased in a glass frame, hinting at greater importance.

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The team found a partial skeleton encased in rock that included portions of the lower jaw, vertebrae, and pelvic girdle.

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Everything pointed to the possibility that the fuel in the spent pool was no longer underwater, and that the zirconium cladding that encased the fuel rods had ignited.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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