immures
Shuts away permanently
Immures means confines or imprisons, typically within walls.
The word carries a sense of being walled in or shut away: The monastery immures its monks from worldly distractions.
It often suggests forced or permanent enclosure, sometimes burial alive within a structure.
Figuratively, someone immures themselves by withdrawing completely: She immured herself in her study for weeks.
- bricks upSeals with masonry blocks
- sealsAquatic whiskered mammals
- entombsSeals in a sepulcher
- enclosesShuts within bounds
encases · crypts · catacombs · Poe · horror · mortar · masonry · stonework
Enclosed boundaries or limits
- incarceratesConfines in prison
- imprisonsConfines as punishment
- jailsDetention facilities
- detainsKeeps in custody
locks up · cages · shuts in · restrains · chains · shackles · dungeons · cells
Covered monastery walkways
- sequestersSets apart, removes
- secludesWithdraws into privacy
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- conventReligious sisters' dwelling
nun · monk · vows · renunciation · withdrawal · hermitage · anchorite · anchoress
walls in
encloses · encases · crypts · catacombs · Poe · horror · mortar · masonry · stonework · suffocation
confines
Enclosed boundaries or limits
- incarceratesConfines in prison
- imprisonsConfines as punishment
- jailsDetention facilities
detains · locks up · cages · shuts in · restrains · chains · shackles · dungeons · cells · bars
cloisters
Covered monastery walkways
- sequestersSets apart, removes
- secludesWithdraws into privacy
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
convent · nun · monk · vows · renunciation · withdrawal · hermitage · anchorite · anchoress · cell
traps
Devices for catching prey
stifles · suffocates · oppresses · binds · constrains · limits · shuts out · withdraws · alienates · loneliness