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synonyms for stockading

  • apprehend
  • commit
  • detain
  • hold
  • incarcerate
  • jail
  • lock up
  • remand
  • cage
  • check
  • circumscribe
  • closet
  • constrain
  • curb
  • ice
  • immure
  • impound
  • intern
  • keep
  • limit
  • nab
  • occlude
  • pen
  • restrain
  • stockade
  • trammel
  • bastille
  • bottle up
  • fence in
  • hold captive
  • hold hostage
  • hold in custody
  • keep captive
  • keep in custody
  • lock in
  • put away
  • put behind bars
  • rail in
  • send to prison
  • send up
  • shut in
  • take prisoner
On this page you'll find 53 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to stockading, such as: apprehend, commit, detain, hold, incarcerate, and jail.

antonyms for stockading

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  • cease
  • free
  • let go
  • liberate
  • release
  • stop
  • aid
  • allow
  • assist
  • help
  • permit
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How to use stockading in a sentence

The night was very dark, and the wind howled and sang through the stockading, and none seemed to be about the place.
WULFRIC THE WEAPON THANECHARLES W. WHISTLER
Maha Nemiow had moved directly upon Prome; advancing slowly, and constantly stockading himself.
ON THE IRRAWADDYG. A. HENTY
It is due to the soil of North Carolina to say that if there was one easy thing about stockading it was this same digging holes.
THE CAMPAIGN OF THE FORTY-FIFTH REGIMENT, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER MILITIACHARLES EUSTIS HUBBARD
There were two gateways in the rear stockading, giving access to the bush.
THE ADVENTURES OF KIMBLE BENTJAMES COWAN
Behind the inner stockading was a parapet about six feet high and four feet wide, formed of the earth thrown out of the trenches.
THE ADVENTURES OF KIMBLE BENTJAMES COWAN
The red flames gathered brightness every moment, lighting up two sides of the stockading, in the midst of which the hall stood.
A PRINCE OF CORNWALLCHARLES W. WHISTLER
The rest of the army were armed with swords and spears, and carried implements for stockading and entrenching.
ON THE IRRAWADDYG. A. HENTY
Even the women had been compelled to labour in the work of stockading, and the sufferings of all had been terrible.
ON THE IRRAWADDYG. A. HENTY
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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