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incarcerations

incarcerations is the plural of incarceration.

Meaning of incarceration

Noun

incarceration (countable and uncountable, plural incarcerations)

  1. (US) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
    • Perpetrated over time, better walk the narrow line / Never challenge what we say / In the darkness of our mind, never thought we'd be so blind / Let the nightmare get away / Isolation cannot be / The best, the best that we can do / Build a cage full of rage, inner demons call your name / Suicide...2020 February 7, “Isolation”, in Derrick Green (lyrics), Quadra, performed by Sepultura
  2. (dated) A strangulation, as in a hernia.
  3. A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.

Questions about incarcerations

What is incarcerations the plural of?
Incarcerations is the plural of incarceration.

Words near incarcerations in the dictionary

  1. incarcerate
  2. incarcerated
  3. incarcerates
  4. incarcerating
  5. incarceration
  6. incarcerations
  7. incarcerative
  8. incarcerator
  9. incarcerators
  10. incarceree
  11. incarcerees

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