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enchained

verb

past tense of enchain
as in bound
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains learned to stop being enchained by fear and live a full life

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  1. bound
  2. tied
  3. chained
Verb
  • The evacuation area was roughly bounded by Promontory Road to the north, Sunset Boulevard to the south, the 405 Freeway to the east and Bundy Drive to the west.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Each of their faces is bounded by the same number of edges, and the same number of faces meet at each vertex.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of bound
Verb
  • The game was tied with two outs in the third when Arenado's 22nd home run of the season put the Diamondbacks on top 3-1.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The Royals quickly tied the game in the bottom of the first inning.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of tied
Verb
  • The other seats are all chained to the table for when Carrie sends everything in the room flying.
    — Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Eight days later, Shelley’s body was found tied, taped in plastic and chained to concrete in the Trinity River.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of chained
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“Enchained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enchained. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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