Synonym: enslavement, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration. Similar words: captive, captivate, captivation, captivating, activity, festivity, inactivity, creativity. Meaning: [kæp'tɪvətɪ] n. 1. the state of being imprisoned 2. the state of being a slave.
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31, Both these birds may have escaped from captivity.
32, Many animals do not breed well in captivity.
33, We are betrayed into captivity with our own co-operation.
34, Months of captivity Alex Hodoyan disappeared after being abducted March 5, in the middle of the day in downtown Tijuana.
35, Many attempts have been made to breed them in captivity, however, there are flaws in this idea.
36, In the ocean they live to be 40, double their normal life expectancy in captivity.
37, Zoos, botanical gardens and some circuses claim they are serving conservation by breeding animals or plants in captivity.
38, Most fare very badly in captivity and are voluntarily banned from being brought into the country by most of the large importers.
39, To date it does not appear that this species has been bred in captivity.
40, It was disconcerting how the desire not to appear a fool followed one into captivity.
41, Wilson was released from captivity just before the end of the war.
42, Medicinal leeches in captivity can live for many years,[www.Sentencedict.com] but nobody in my local hospital knows precisely how long.
43, By listing, you allow them to tumble on to the page from their captivity within your mind.
44, Lions breed well in captivity. b. When fully grown, a lion is bigger than a lioness.
45, In his book, he describes what life was like during his long captivity.
46, Breeding in captivity is eminently possible, although distinguishing features between the sexes are limited.
47, You can become resigned to the monotony of captivity and give up the struggle to maintain your own interests and identity.
48, If my foster-son be still held there, by the grace of heaven I will take him out of his captivity.
49, The hostages are now entering their fourth week in captivity.
50, The industrialist, who was captured on November 24th, was freed after 84 days in captivity.
51, Many campaigners feel that chimps for scientific purposes should be bred in captivity, to avoid draining the wild resources.
52, Folkes says that he was held in captivity for over a year.
53, A litter of truly wild rabbits taken into captivity and contained in a hutch can not be expected to live very long.
54, Four Western tourists held by armed guerrillas in Kashmir began their seventh month in captivity today.
55, These fishes eat well in captivity, but it may take a little coaxing to get them started.
56, Adults are easy to keep in aquaria for they rarely climb out if well-treated, and will breed freely in captivity.
57, So breeding in captivity is vital to ensure the species survival.
58, Although they can be prevailed upon to interbreed in captivity, they never do so in the wild.
59, One seen at Wittersham from 8-15 August 1974 was thought to be an escape from captivity.
60, At the end of a week of this captivity Derek and I dropped by to check on their welfare.
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