Shackled

verb

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.verbTo restrain using shackles; to place in shackles.

2.verb(by extension) To render immobile or incapable; to inhibit the progress or abilities of.

"This law would effectively shackle its opposition."

3.verbTo shake, rattle.

4.adjectiveRestrained by shackles, chained.

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