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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enchaining
  1. binding
  2. tying
  3. hampering
  4. confining
  5. constraining
Verb
  • In El Dorado’s case, a judge ruled that the petition can go before voters and that the outcome of that vote will be binding, according to court documents.
    — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Samsung Construction and Trading joins the reactor project Samsung will invest in Kairos Power and provide engineering services worth up to $100 million under a binding agreement.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of binding
Verb
  • The Royals left the tying run stranded on second base as Pirates closer Mason Montgomery retired Salvador Perez, Maikel Garcia and Loftin to end a late threat.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Three times the Giants rallied to tie the game only to see the Dodgers retake the lead, highlighted by Victor Bericoto's game-tying, 425-foot two-run homer in the third.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of tying
Verb
  • Davis was unable to hear my questions, which required me to hold them up to the screen, hampering back-and-forth response.
    — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Birds visiting the feeder can get the goo on their wings, hampering their ability to fly and possibly leading to their untimely deaths.
    — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of hampering
Verb
  • If youth teams practiced like the pros, confining full contact to once a week, impacts could fall by more than half, Daneshvar says.
    — Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
  • In December 2025, non-profit Amnesty International wrote in a report that confining men in small cages exposed to the elements could constitute torture under international law.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of confining
Verb
  • The drug stops the virus from multiplying in the body, effectively constraining its severity.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Done well, pricing and packaging can improve margins without reducing service quality or constraining growth.
    — Basant Singh, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of constraining
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“Enchaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enchaining. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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