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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
Centuries ago, enslaved people often worked with horses and other livestock on plantations. — Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Midwest Living, 19 July 2026 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
Verb
That vote took place on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, which honors the memory of Africans who were enslaved over centuries. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2026 For the entirety of his adult life, George Washington enslaved other human beings. — John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 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
  • Last year, the PKK — considered a terrorist organization by Turkey and its Western allies — announced its decision to disband, following a call by its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The move came in response to a call from its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of imprisoned
Verb
  • Within years, the iconoclastic comic was a weary and defeated man — broke, baggy-eyed, and prematurely old.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Alaves defeated 10-man Getafe 3-0 and Sevilla rallied to beat Rayo Vallecano 2-1.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 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
  • That tariff rate was later reduced to 15% when the two sides agreed on a trade deal, but uncertainty remains about the stability of that agreement and how imports of certain European goods, such as steel, will be taxed by Washington.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Traffic on the critical waterway, through which one-fifth of global crude oil typically flows, has reduced to a trickle since the war started in February.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 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
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  • Just 75 hours after Hiroshima, a second atomic bomb annihilated another Japanese city, killing 73,000 people.
    — James M. Scott, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of annihilated
Adjective
  • Four Paws, the international animal-welfare organization overseeing the transfer, described it as one of the largest relocations of captive big cats in the world.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Before the transfers began last month, the park housed 30 belugas and four dolphins, notably the last captive whales and dolphins in Canada.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 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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