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adjective

Definition of enslavednext
as in indentured

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verb

past tense of enslave
as in defeated
to take control of and assert authority over
—usually used as (be) enslaved Her ancestors were enslaved during the war.

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Recent Examples of enslaved
Adjective
Robinson plays Henry, an enslaved person working on a plantation in Texas who’s wrongly accused of raping his master’s wife. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 One was an enslaved young poet whose words crossed the Atlantic before they were fully embraced at home. — Robin Follman, Oc Register, 4 July 2026
Verb
Under the 1866 treaty, the tribe abolished slavery and granted citizenship to the formerly enslaved. — ABC News, 23 July 2026 Terrified that abolitionist words might lead to rebellions by the enslaved, slaveholders feared for their survival. — Paul Quigley, The Conversation, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for enslaved
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enslaved
  1. imprisoned
  2. defeated
  3. bound
  4. reduced
  5. confined
  6. annihilated
  7. captive
  8. subjugated
Adjective
  • The move came in response to a call from its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Her adultery story initially evokes the imprisoned girl’s compensatory reveries, but over time its focus shifts.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of imprisoned
Verb
  • The 42-year-old was defeated by Yadier del Valle via first-round TKO in just 35 seconds, marking his second consecutive stoppage loss.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • This week, progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed defeated congresswoman Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary for Michigan’s Senate seat.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of defeated
Adjective
  • The team checked this directly by computing how much of each galaxy's baryon budget actually stayed bound to the system.
    — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 9 June 2026
  • To help calculate a lower bound, Erdős assumed that the points would be laid out in a grid.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026
Definition of bound
Verb
  • The company, which focuses on the athletic sports accessories industry, also reduced its full year revenue guidance.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
  • At all five, at least two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — well above the roughly 52% district average.
    — Austin Horn August 11, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of reduced
Adjective
  • Roughly the size of a large dog and weighing more than 110 pounds (50 kilograms), the quadruped robot is designed to navigate industrial facilities that include staircases, narrow walkways, uneven surfaces, and confined spaces.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026
  • Sewers can contain numerous hazards, including noxious and potentially deadly gases, unstable surfaces, flooding risks, and confined spaces.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
Definition of confined
Verb
  • Here, too, a face is lost in another body—though this time the self is annihilated by desire rather than grief.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • But they were annihilated 140-89, in the playoff elimination loss.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026
Definition of annihilated
Adjective
  • But man, the first like 20 minutes of this movie are rough going… although, probably not as rough going as poor Sam’s attempt to break into Cirith Ungol, where Frodo has been taken captive when our tale within a tale begins.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Wild Inside presents interviews with owl researchers that highlight the birds’ intelligence and heightened senses, voicing their questions about what sufficient captive care would even look like.
    — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of captive
Verb
  • This would rake in untold billions of dollars for the company — and all but ensure that its lofty, moral duty would forever be subjugated the money-making whims of Wall Street.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 5 Aug. 2026
  • In a country like India, subjugated early in the history of capitalist imperialism, and then bullied after independence by the West, a degree of self-renunciation and collective sacrifice was widely understood to be requisite to economic and political self-strengthening.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
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