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shut in

verb as in barricade

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verb as in corral

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verb as in impound

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verb as in pen

noun as in invalid

noun as in patient

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There are even flashes of Grace, the lonely shut-in mother of two in “The Others,” whose belief that her house is haunted causes her slow descent into madness.

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He was so brimming with unpredictability and anger, he told me, that by the time the pandemic hit, he was basically a shut-in anyway — for the safety of others.

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Canada's Vermilion Energy Inc on Monday lowered its current quarter production outlook due to a shut-in caused by the wildfires in West Central Alberta.

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Canada's Vermilion Energy Inc on Monday lowered its current quarter production outlook due to a shut-in caused by the wildfires in West Central Alberta.

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Canada's Vermilion Energy Inc on Monday lowered its current quarter production outlook due to a shut-in caused by the wildfires in West Central Alberta.

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

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