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adjective

as in bolted

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verb

past tense of shackle
1
as in bound
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains unwilling to shackle the dogs to the wall of the house

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2
as in hampered
to create difficulty for the work or activity of shackled by poverty and ignorance

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Recent Examples of shackled
Verb
One even got in trouble and is shackled to a wooden pillory, serving as an example to others who disobey the crown and engage in piracy. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026 On Tuesday, Davis appeared in court shackled in handcuffs and wearing a navy blue prison uniform. — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026 Pike also remained in restraints (handcuffed and shackled to her bed), which complicated her care. — M. Sara Rosenthal, STAT, 13 Oct. 2026 All of the deportees were shackled at the ankles and wrists while in the air. — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 Immigrants held in the garage have been shackled while sleeping, the summary of whistleblower allegations continued. — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026 Nick Reiner appeared at the hearing in a brown jail uniform and was shackled to his chair. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026 Today, Barisone claims to have no memory of the time between being in his office up the hill and waking, the next day, with one arm shackled to a hospital bed. — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 Otherwise, though, Moore, who like a year ago has been quick out of the blocks with early season goals against Cardiff City and Millwall, was well shackled despite putting in an energetic shift. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shackled
  1. bolted
  2. bound
  3. hampered
  4. tied
  5. handcuffed
  6. impeded
  7. anchored
  8. chained
Adjective
  • Sondheimer has bloodied his hands climbing over a fence to exit a bolted stadium.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Unlike standard wheels, which rely solely on air pressure to push the tire against the rim, beadlocks use a bolted outer ring to physically sandwich the tire in place.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 June 2026
Definition of bolted
Verb
  • Seth Jones’ shot from the point struck Tkachuk on the arm and bounded in.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Russia’s support for Tehran has been operationally meaningful but carefully bounded.
    — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of bound
Verb
  • Cocoa production was hampered by extreme-weather issues for years, causing prices for the crop to surge.
    — Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • O’Connor, conversely, may be hampered by his sympathetic warmth.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of hampered
Adjective
  • There is a punk poetry to that film, an unapologetic spirit that feels so tied to what Araki has done his whole career.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 30 July 2026
  • Unofficial results for two special elections held Tuesday show the Minnesota House will remain tied heading into the 2026 legislative session.
    — Aki Nace, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of tied
Verb
  • Footage also captured Fusaro allegedly naked with Raymond while she was handcuffed to a bed, per the outlet.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Advocates are fighting to ensure that two potential witnesses who were handcuffed in the back of an ICE vehicle that struck and injured a Houston man are not deported.
    — David Hickey, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of handcuffed
Verb
  • The rangers moved the man off the glacier and made multiple attempts to airlift the man off the mountain, but rescue efforts were impeded by inclement weather.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In his ruling, Judge Joseph Montano found that prosecutors had impeded grand jurors who wanted to hear from defense witnesses.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of impeded
Adjective
  • But the message needs to stay anchored to facts the firm can support.
    — David Ispiryan, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Lorenzo’s raft just missed the anchored catamaran, but his father, cousin and aunt weren’t as lucky.
    — Susan Young, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of anchored
Verb
  • The company also shared that Mythos chained four different vulnerabilities together to create a more complex exploit.
    — Lee Rossey, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Some models chained vulnerabilities together to escape virtual machines.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
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