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adjective

Definition of chainednext
as in caged

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chained

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verb

past tense of chain
1
as in bound
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains chaining up the dog in the backyard

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as in connected
to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole the prosecutor meticulously and brilliantly chained all the evidence together in his closing argument

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“Chained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chained. Accessed 21 Sep. 2023.

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