Meaning & use
trapped
Unable to escape from a place, situation, or feeling.
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Rescuers worked for hours to free the miners trapped underground.
She felt trapped in a job that no longer challenged her.
A note on using this word
Used literally for physical confinement and just as often figuratively for emotional or situational entrapment, like a bad job or relationship.
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