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constrict
/kənˈstrɪkt/ verbDefinition
LIMIT [T] › to limit someone's freedom to do what they want to or be the way they want to: His creativity was constricted by the political regime he lived under.
MAKE NARROWER [I, T] › to become narrower or tighter, or to make something narrower or tighter: The blood vessels constricted.
constriction
/kənˈstrɪkʃən/ noun [U] (Definition of constrict verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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