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trapped

adjective B1
  1. Caught in a trap.
  2. In a state of stagnation or despair; unable to move forward.
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With them he trapped a Stork that had fractured his leg in the net and was earnestly beseeching the Farmer to spare his life.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 8 · B2
“Free People, and ye too, jackals of Shere Khan, for twelve seasons I have led ye to and from the kill, and in all that time not one has been trapped or maimed.
The Jungle Book, p. 22 · B2
Thick ice surrounded the ship and trapped it completely.
The Great Leader Ernest Shackleton, p. 1 · B1
Each cylindrical sample we carefully pull from the ancient glacier contains tiny trapped bubbles of prehistoric air.
Letter from the Ice, p. 1 · C1

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