localised

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Adj.	1.	localised - confined or restricted to a particular location; "the localized infection formed a definite abscess" localized medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques local - affecting only a restricted part or area of the body; "local anesthesia"
	2.	localised - made local or oriented locally; "a decentralized and localized political authority" localized decentralised, decentralized - withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities; "a decentralized school administration"

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Take, for instance, monsters that tradition has accepted and localised, such as the Worm of Lambton or that of Spindleston Heugh.

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Whales are localised, according to their kinds, in certain seas which they never leave.

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They read the tale of men blown to bits, of futile soldiers in that localised battle fightingagainst hope amidst an indescribable wreckage, of flags hauled down by weeping men.