to check; to contain; to hold back; to keep within limits; to constrain; to restrain

to suppress; to restrain

to hold back; to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance); to resist; esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc

to stop; to contain; to deter

to impede; to hold sb back

unable to restrain one's anger (idiom); in a towering rage