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Contexts ▼▲ Adjective Trapped and forced into a position where escape or evasion is limited or impossible Having a sharp point or edge In a dilemma or predicament Caught in a trap Having angles or sharp corners Verb Past tense for to force (a person or animal) into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape Past tense for to stop and confront (with questions or accusations) Past tense for to obtain a monopoly of … more ▼ ▲ Adjective ▲ Trapped and forced into a position where escape or evasion is limited or impossible stuck confined constrained enclosed limited restricted trapped treed at bay “The detective found the suspect cornered in an abandoned warehouse, with no way to escape.” Adjective ▲ Having a sharp point or edge pointed sharp acuminate peaked tapered cuspidate spired tapering tipped pointy edged aciculate spiked acicular piked acute keen fine jagged barbed spiky acuminous conical arrowlike conoid mucronate sagittal sagittate conic lanceolate pronged subulate aculeate cusped spearlike cone-shaped needle-like sharp-edged sharp-cornered spear-like spear-shaped V-shaped wedge-shaped cuspidated cuspated aciculated cuspate serrated thorny honed sharpened whetted spiny prickly razor-sharp briery cusplike unblunted knifelike acuate knife-edged keen-edged cutting acerate acerose needle-shaped razor-edged horned needlelike splintery tined needle-pointed stropped brambly trenchant edgy bristly bristled spicular spiculate apical piercing knife-like shooting stabbing gnawing stinging salient barbellate lancinating penetrating ground fine acerous ground thinning dwindling thin narrowing diminished razor fine-edged razor-like scratchy briary pyramidal thistly spinous sawtooth sawtoothed infundibular spinose coned strobiloid conoidal sticky spiniferous jaggy muricate setaceous funnel-shaped more ❯ Adjective ▲ In a dilemma or predicament between the devil and the deep blue sea in a dilemma in a pickle in a predicament in a catch-22 between a rock and a hard place sitting on a powder keg between Scylla and Charybdis between the hammer and the anvil in the middle between two fires stuck in a tight spot Hobson's choice with no choice Adjective ▲ Caught in a trap trapped ensnared stuck surrounded captured caught confined cut off entombed hemmed in imprisoned locked in shut in ambushed netted snared held incarcerated detained caged captive restrained jailedUS gaoledUK locked up nowhere to go enclosed limited constrained restricted treed at bay Adjective ▲ Having angles or sharp corners angular forked pointed zigzag bent skewed akimbo crooked divaricate jagged oblique slanted sharp-cornered V-shaped hairpin tight bifurcate sharp Y-shaped split branched divided branching pronged separated angled diverging bifurcated furcate furcated bifid cleft dichotonic forken dichotomous Verb ▲ Past tense for to force (a person or animal) into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape trapped caught captured enclosed ambushed surrounded ambuscaded bottled waylaid waylayed collared mousetrapped nabbed seized treed blocked off closed in penned in cut off hemmed in shut in brought to bay ran to ground run to ground drove into a corner driven into a corner ran to earth run to earth got on ropes gotten on ropes had up a tree “A resident called the police, who arrived to help corner the horse into the fenced school oval.” Verb ▲ Past tense for to stop and confront (with questions or accusations) accosted confronted waylaid waylayed detained surrounded ambushed buttonholed collared intercepted restricted pinned down pounced on swooped down on “Stopping in at the next church, she would corner the minister with her arguments as to the inspiration of the Scriptures.” Verb ▲ Past tense for to obtain a monopoly of dominated controlled monopolisedUK monopolizedUS engrossed hogged captured exercised took over taken over gained control of gained dominance of sewed up sewn up “You do this because you want people to eat proper food, not because you want to corner the market and be the only supplier.” Find more words! 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