captivity English

Meaning captivity meaning

What does captivity mean?

Definitions in simple English

captivity Noun

— Captivity is the condition of being kept as a prisoner. You will be put into captivity until you tell us the truth. Many children were carried into Indian captivity during the colonial wars in America. Wild animals taken into captivity are sometimes cruelly mistreated.

captivity

— noun (= imprisonment, incarceration, immurement) the state of being imprisoned he was held in captivity until he died the imprisonment of captured soldiers his ignominious incarceration in the local jail he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon

— noun the state of being a slave So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity — -Shakespeare

Synonyms captivity synonyms

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captivity English » English

imprisonment

confinement

slavery

bondage

incarceration

immurement

enslavement

thraldom

servitude

durance

capture

thralldom

serfdom

prostitution

prison

lack of freedom

isolation

grip

fetter

duress

custody

claws

Topics captivity topics

What do people use captivity to talk about?

Social behavior Law Punish

Imprison

• What words refer to the action of putting a person in prison?
  put in prison imprison to jail incarcerate lock up confine put in irons send to prison commit put away captivity

Social behavior Conflict War

Prisoner of war

• What words refer to captivity?
  captivity

Examples captivity examples

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Simple sentences

Tom was held in captivity for two months.

This giraffe was born in captivity.

I think that dolphins should not be kept in captivity.

After seven years of wartime captivity, Tom was a broken man.

Captivity makes gorillas sick.

The survivors were marched in captivity.

These rhinos were born in captivity.

This lion was born in captivity.

The elephant was born in captivity.

Movie subtitles

The man from the Stracke Museum came today. He had never heard of a creature like this lasting longer. than three weeks in captivity.

According to the museum expert, 3 weeks is the most they last in captivity.

Can't stand captivity.

It was here that he finished his fours years of captivity on a spring morning in 1945.

The herbs remind us of the bitterness of our captivity, Eleazar.

British soldiers, even in captivity.

Some thousands, mainly the sick and the wounded, were held in a captivity that was to last five long years.

Well, my lady, as terrible as this captivity is. at least we should be thankful. that so far our honor has been spared.

He's the fiercest fighting flesh of his size in captivity.

I must have embroidered miles of material during my captivity.

And why have they kept those other two in captivity, mm?

And my captivity has taught me strategy.

When he realized he was being taken into captivity, he took advantage of a momentary lack of attention to attempt to flee.

The Talosians, planning to breed human slaves, tempted Pike with the woman they held in captivity.

Jimmy, this Baron has the greatest bunch of lions in captivity.

They die in captivity.

Therefore, I have returned to captivity.

But the Afrika Korps went into captivity without its leader.

And slavey and captivity are the worst of misfortunes.

Well, my lady, as terrible as this captivity is, at least we should be thankful that so far our honour has been spared.

The first died in captivity.

Do not forget that your father is to blame for your captivity.

You don't realize they've been born in captivity.

Well, I guess that's one of the drawbacks of being born in captivity.

The worst captivity is misery.

How the Talosians, planning to breed a society of human slaves, tempted Captain Pike with the Earth woman they held in captivity.

The customs and history of your race show a unique hatred of captivity.

Their captivity.

We will cease to exist in captivity.

Freedom, not captivity for being a madman.

Those years in captivity.

Stardate unknown. Our strange captivity continues.

To go to this place meant to extend my captivity.

These are the only Tellurians in captivity.

Those who have never been exiled know not what it is to hear a friendly voice in captivity and would not understand the cause of the burst of feeling now about to take place.

News and current affairs

Thus, a former captive nation is now being invited to celebrate its captivity.

The second type of aquaculture entails the farming of carnivorous fish such as salmon or seabass, and increasingly, the fattening of wild tuna in captivity.

We will never know exactly what was going on in Tilly's mind, but we do know that he has been in captivity since he was about two years old - he was captured off the coast of Iceland in 1983.

The most important lesson they teach impressionable young minds is that it is acceptable to keep animals in captivity for human amusement.

LONDON - Demonstrations around the world were held this week to mark the 100th day of captivity for more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram.

Many escaped, but 219 remain in captivity, their whereabouts still unknown.

Keeping great apes in captivity will be allowed for purposes of conservation only, and then under optimal conditions for the apes.