restrain

Don't think I would have restrained myself so long.
Je n'aurais pas été si patient.
Currently, the company is being challenged by low energy prices because of capacity oversupply to Germany and declining coal prices that have restrained electricity prices in Central Europe.
Elle pâtit actuellement de la faiblesse des prix de l’énergie, due aux capacités excédentaires à destination de l’Allemagne et à la baisse des prix du charbon, qui a pesé sur les prix de l’électricité en Europe centrale.
The English court held that the police should have restrained the Skeleton Army, which was the one threatening violent intimidation, not the Salvation Army, which was the object of it.
Le tribunal anglais déclara que la police aurait du contenir ‘l’Armée des Squelettes’, puisque c’était elle qui menaçait d’user de la violence, et non pas ‘l’Armée du Salut’ qui en était l’objet.
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