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Meaning of shackled

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

shackled

verb

Definitions

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

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

    Example: This law would effectively shackle its opposition.

verb

Definitions

  1. To shake, rattle.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Restrained by shackles, chained.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shacklehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shackled

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