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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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

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Bo Davidson hit a tying sacrifice fly off Evan Phillips (3-2) with two outs in the eighth for San Francisco before Hernandez answered against Trent Harris (0-1) for his fourth home run.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
Madonna leads this year’s nominations with 13 categories, tying Lady Gaga’s 2010 record for most nominations in a year.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026

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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

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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

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