incarceration
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/ɪŋˌkɑː(ɹ)səˈɹeɪʃən/
Definition of incarceration
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(US, countable, uncountable)The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
“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.”
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noun
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(US, countable, uncountable)The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
“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.”
- (countable, dated, uncountable)A strangulation, as in a hernia.
- (countable, uncountable)A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
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Etymology
From Medieval Latin incarcerātiō.
Words you can make from incarceration
200+ playable · top: ANACREONTIC (15 pts)
Best play anacreontic 15 points11-letter words
1 word10-letter words
3 words9-letter words
17 words8-letter words
41 words- ACCENTOR 12 pts
- ACENTRIC 12 pts
- ACETONIC 12 pts
- ACONITIC 12 pts
- CARCANET 12 pts
- CATIONIC 12 pts
- CERCARIA 12 pts
- CICERONI 12 pts
- COCINERA 12 pts
- CONCERTI 12 pts
- CRATONIC 12 pts
- NARCOTIC 12 pts
- NECROTIC 12 pts
- ACTINIAE 10 pts
- ACTINIAN 10 pts
- ACTIONER 10 pts
- ANORETIC 10 pts
- ANTIACNE 10 pts
- ARANCINI 10 pts
- CARINATE 10 pts
- CARROTIN 10 pts
- COTININE 10 pts
- CRANIATE 10 pts
- CREATION 10 pts
- CRITERIA 10 pts
- ENACTION 10 pts
- INACTION 10 pts
- INTRONIC 10 pts
- NICOTINE 10 pts
- RAINCOAT 10 pts
- REACTION 10 pts
- TRICORNE 10 pts
- AERATION 8 pts
- ANOINTER 8 pts
- ANTERIOR 8 pts
- ANTIARIN 8 pts
- INERRANT 8 pts
- INTERIOR 8 pts
- REANOINT 8 pts
- TENORINI 8 pts
- TRIENNIA 8 pts
7-letter words
80 words- ACRATIC 11 pts
- ACRONIC 11 pts
- ACROTIC 11 pts
- ACTINIC 11 pts
- CANONIC 11 pts
- CARIOCA 11 pts
- CENTRIC 11 pts
- CEROTIC 11 pts
- COCAINE 11 pts
- COENACT 11 pts
- CONCEIT 11 pts
- CONCENT 11 pts
- CONCERN 11 pts
- CONCERT 11 pts
- CONNECT 11 pts
- CORNICE 11 pts
- CORRECT 11 pts
- CROCEIN 11 pts
- CROCINE 11 pts
- ICTERIC 11 pts
- OCEANIC 11 pts
- ORECTIC 11 pts
- ACARINE 9 pts
- ACONITE 9 pts
- ACTINIA 9 pts
- ACTINON 9 pts
- ANCIENT 9 pts
- ANIONIC 9 pts
- ANTICAR 9 pts
- CANNIER 9 pts
- CANTINA 9 pts
- CARINAE 9 pts
- CAROTIN 9 pts
- CARRION 9 pts
- CATERAN 9 pts
- CERATIN 9 pts
- CERTAIN 9 pts
- CINERIN 9 pts
- CIRRATE 9 pts
- CITRINE 9 pts
- COINTER 9 pts
- CONIINE 9 pts
- CONNATE 9 pts
- CONTAIN 9 pts
- CORNIER 9 pts
- CORTINA 9 pts
- CREATIN 9 pts
- CREATOR 9 pts
- CRINITE 9 pts
- ENACTOR 9 pts
- EROTICA 9 pts
- ERRATIC 9 pts
- INCITER 9 pts
- NARCEIN 9 pts
- NERITIC 9 pts
- NICOTIN 9 pts
- NORITIC 9 pts
- NOTICER 9 pts
- OCARINA 9 pts
- ONEIRIC 9 pts
- REACTOR 9 pts
- TACRINE 9 pts
- TRICORN 9 pts
- AEONIAN 7 pts
- AERATOR 7 pts
- ANTIAIR 7 pts
- ENATION 7 pts
- ENTRAIN 7 pts
- INERTIA 7 pts
- INTONER 7 pts
- IRONIER 7 pts
- NARRATE 7 pts
- NORTENA 7 pts
- RAINIER 7 pts
- RETRAIN 7 pts
- TERNION 7 pts
- TERRAIN 7 pts
- TINNIER 7 pts
- TRAINER 7 pts
- TRANNIE 7 pts
6-letter words
57 words- ACCENT 10 pts
- ACETIC 10 pts
- ACINIC 10 pts
- ARCTIC 10 pts
- CANCAN 10 pts
- CANCER 10 pts
- CANTIC 10 pts
- CICERO 10 pts
- CITRIC 10 pts
- COCAIN 10 pts
- ACETIN 8 pts
- ACINAR 8 pts
- ACTION 8 pts
- AEONIC 8 pts
- ANCONE 8 pts
- AORTIC 8 pts
- ARCANE 8 pts
- ARNICA 8 pts
- ATONIC 8 pts
- CANINE 8 pts
- CANNER 8 pts
- CANNIE 8 pts
- CANNOT 8 pts
- CANOER 8 pts
- CANTER 8 pts
- CANTON 8 pts
- CANTOR 8 pts
- CARATE 8 pts
- CARINA 8 pts
- CARNET 8 pts
- CARNIE 8 pts
- CARROT 8 pts
- CARTER 8 pts
- CARTON 8 pts
- CATENA 8 pts
- CATION 8 pts
- CENTAI 8 pts
- CENTRA 8 pts
- CITRIN 8 pts
- CITRON 8 pts
- COATER 8 pts
- COINER 8 pts
- CONINE 8 pts
- CONNER 8 pts
- CONTRA 8 pts
- CORNEA 8 pts
- CORNER 8 pts
- CORNET 8 pts
- AIRIER 6 pts
- ANOINT 6 pts
- ANTIAR 6 pts
- AORTAE 6 pts
- AROINT 6 pts
- ARRANT 6 pts
- ARTIER 6 pts
- ATONER 6 pts
- ATONIA 6 pts
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