localized

[ lō′kə-līzd′ ]

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Restricted or limited to a specific part.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

Their claims have led to both academic controversy and localized conflict.
The Himalayas’ Hidden Aryans|Nina Strochlic|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
These protests are more grassroots in their nature and not geographically localized in specific neighborhoods.
Is Sudan’s Uprising the Beginning of the End of Omar al Bashir?|John Prendergast|September 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In a continent-sized country where every rebel has a cause, diffuse and localized protests may work to Rousseff's favor.
Can Dilma Rousseff Recover?||August 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Having localized the jaw pain, it quickly becomes unbearable, and I spit the gum out to give my tired face a rest.
After War: Anger, Panic, and Sometimes Peace|Benjamin Tupper|June 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The parks issue is essentially a localized proxy war in a larger conflict over the past, present, and future of Southern identity.
Down South, The Civil War Didn't End in 1865|Justin Green|February 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The movement of the smallest part of the body appears to have its definite localized center in the cerebrum.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter
A few specially localized muscular sensations are also much discussed.
The Psychology of Singing|David C. Taylor
The remaining embers of the war had now become localized, and it was obvious that Spain was at her last gasp.
South America|W. H. Koebel
He definitely localized the image on his writing book of many years ago and read it off in his mind.
Criminal Psychology|Hans Gross
It was that country's domestic affair, and he hoped that the dispute would be localized.
The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8)|Various