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Verb constrain has 2 senses
restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain - hold back--1 is one way to restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
 Sample sentence:
 Somebody ----s something
 
stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain - restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"--2 is one way to restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
 Sample sentence:
 Somebody ----s something
 
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