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confined or held prisoner, unable to escape
- She felt like a captive audience, unable to leave until the end of the boring presentation.
- The captive animal paced back and forth in its cage, longing for freedom.
- The prisoner stared out of the window, yearning for a glimpse of the world beyond his captive existence.
- The explorer stumbled upon a village of captive slaves, held against their will by the ruthless warlord.
- The captive bird fluttered its wings against the bars of the cage, desperate to be set free.
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