shackled
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- adjective
- /ˈʃækəld/
- The prisoner lay on the ground, shackled and unable to move.
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Examples
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I was, I was shackled to an officer and I was cuffed in a van.
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Thousands of Indonesians mentally ill, kept shackled, some in filthy cells, many for years on end.
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Like, they really thought they, they had me shackled, like from my legs and my arms.
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But we felt it was better to be free within that than shackled to some dying beast.
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He was heavily shackled, but he he was going ape.
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He would pass his plate out after he'd finished eating, but he was so traumatized from being shackled that he didn't really speak.
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He was shackled with chains around his ankles to prevent him from escaping.
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During the demonstration, they showed how people can be shackled to limit their freedom.
Synonyms
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Fastened with string or rope
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Tied or fastened to stop movement
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4.1
Held tight by metal so it cannot move or escape
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A person who has metal bands on the hands or feet so they cannot move
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Held by a rope or chain so it cannot move far
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Tied to something by a rope so you cannot move away, like a post or a dock
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Held by chains or ties so someone cannot move and cannot act freely
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A person or animal held tightly with the arms tied behind the back
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Not able to act freely because rules or people stop you
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Held with chains or by rules that stop you from acting
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Etymology
The word shackled comes from an old word for a heavy metal ring called a shackle, which was put on a person's ankle. So, to be shackled is to be 'bound' by chains and unable to move.