ENCHAINING Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

enchaining

verb

present participle of enchain

as in binding

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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Within days of Secretary McMahon’s letter, conservative policy networks published turn-key model state legislation designed to convert these federal guidelines into binding state law.

— David Rosowsky, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Advertisement Anthropic, estimated to have less compute than OpenAI, claims not to feel this as the binding limit.

— Harry Booth, Time, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of binding

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The two-run lead evaporated in the bottom of the fifth when a rare Caleb Durbin defensive disaster created another game-tying opportunity.

— Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 12 Aug. 2026
That score held until two outs in the ninth, when Smith delivered the game-tying single that set the Giants’ latest loss in motion.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026

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Delays connecting new power plants to the grid are hampering progress.

— Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2026
Toub said the only scenario in which a rookie wouldn’t participate in special teams is because of an injury — such as the shoulder issue that’s currently hampering the Chiefs’ first-round draft pick, cornerback Mansoor Delane.

— Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of hampering

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Despite the unknowns confining the Delgado family to their house, Robinson says The Last House is at its heart an optimistic movie.

— Barry Levitt, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
Color, line, and texture all play important roles in making a small garden feel expansive and inviting or confining and cramped.

— Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of confining

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In the post-Watergate, post-Vietnam era, this thinking went, Congress had gone too far in constraining the executive branch with presumptuous reforms that aimed to secure greater accountability and transparency from the White House.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Power grid limitations, construction labor shortages, and community opposition to data centers are already constraining that buildout.

— Nili Gilbert, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of constraining

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