Converse of object

• survive: Those eight were taken prisoner, of which only three survived captivity.

• escape: Terry Butcher ( the one who had managed to escape captivity ) died aged 86.

• enter: Only 108,000 of Paulus's troops had survived to enter Soviet captivity, of which only 6,000 were ever to see Germany again.

Preposition: as

• prisoner: Animal rights groups look upon pets and domestic animals in captivity as prisoners or slaves which should be liberated.

• pet: Most parrots kept in captivity as pets can be very vocal, outright noisy and very loud, depending on the species.

Adjective modifier

• Russian: His son Ghazi Muhammad, released from Russian captivity in 1871, traveled to meet him at Makka.

• Japanese: Many were drowned and only half of the 400 rescued survived Japanese captivity.

• English: It informs only of the fact that he is in English captivity.

• British: Heinrich Himmler German leader of the SS commits suicide while in British captivity.

• long: R. Harman and S. Cody arrived home after their long captivity in Germany.

• Soviet: Only 108,000 of Paulus's troops had survived to enter Soviet captivity, of which only 6,000 were ever to see Germany again.

Modifies a noun

• captive: Then He rose, and in rising He brought captivity captive and gave gifts to men.

• narrative: Captivity narratives, almost always by women, found a ready market in early America, and passed deep into the national psyche.

Noun used with modifier

• war: His son Claus, the 9th generation, made the brave leap into freedom from war captivity described at the beginning of the story.

Preposition: in

• Babylon: God's people have been freed from their captivity in Babylon by the friendly Persian King, Cyrus.

• country: It is an abundant bird throughout much of its range and is also very common in captivity in many countries of the World.

Preposition: of

• animal: CAPS campaigns on issues relating to the use of animals in entertainment and the captivity of wild animals.

Preposition: for

• year: In the 1860s the US government forced the Navajos to live in captivity for four years.

• purpose: All birds that are reared, given, sold or kept in captivity for commercial purposes must be registered.

• entertainment: Her premature death brings the justification of the keeping of orca in captivity for entertainment into question yet again.