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The answer DETAINS has 17 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of detains in various dictionaries:
verb - deprive of freedom
verb - stop or halt
verb - cause to be slowed down or delayed
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| Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detain. |
| keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention. |
| Keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention. |
| Detains might refer to |
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Detention may refer to:* School detention, a form of punishment used in schools * Detention (imprisonment), imprisonment of someone guilty or suspected of a crime * Detention basin, an artificial flow control structure that is used to contain flood water for a limited period of time * Remand (detention), the keeping in custody of an arrested person awaiting adjudication * Immigration detention, imprisonment of an unauthorised person entering a country * Detention of an individual with symptoms of severe mental illness (for the legal procedure involving a court order, see Involuntary commitment) * Preventive detention |