manacling

verb

present participle of manacle
1
as in binding
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains manacled the prisoner to the wall

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2
as in hampering
to create difficulty for the work or activity of in this situation, the police are manacled by unnecessary regulations

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manacling
  1. binding
  2. hampering
  3. tying
  4. impeding
  5. hindering
  6. embarrassing
  7. obstructing
  8. holding back
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  • The team’s scans reveal calcite woven through the material, filling pores and binding its components together.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 11 July 2026
  • Genie Code, its coding agent, routes tasks across frontier, open-source, and custom models instead of binding customers to a single vendor.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of binding
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  • Because the injection must then be sent (or pushed) to each specific target, the scale of the attack is limited, hampering mass exploits that hit the Internet at large.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026
  • Authorities divided the area into zones as rescue crews, including disaster response teams and sniffer dogs, searched the region for missing despite heavy rain hampering operations, Devamanohar, a local police official, told reporters.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Definition of hampering
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  • As an astute student of soul, Jasmine Rose Wilson has identified a common thread tying together all the different permutations of the music.
    — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 14 July 2026
  • The French Open, Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland, all of them are opportunities to win the Race to Dubai — and deny McIlroy a record-tying eighth title.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Definition of tying
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  • These vehicles were blocking and impeding fire operations, and several were non-operational and required tow truck assistance for removal.
    — Jeff Nguyen, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Florida’s sanctuary city laws forbid local governments from impeding ICE from doing its job, such as by not sharing information with the federal government.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
Definition of impeding
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  • Thai officials said investigators would examine the ceiling materials and whether any emergency exits were obstructed, potentially hindering evacuation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, most workers find themselves on the hook to fund more of their own retirement than their parents did and to pay more for their healthcare and insurance coverage, hindering their efforts to save for retirement.
    — Jeffrey Anvari-Clark, The Conversation, 10 July 2026
Definition of hindering
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  • Ukraine has carried out major drone strikes on Russia’s two largest cities, embarrassing the Kremlin with images of black plumes of smoke that circulated widely online, despite regulations restricting their publication.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • But in this case, the ejection was absolutely unnecessary and, frankly, embarrassing for Lentz.
    — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of embarrassing
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  • Dugan's case marked the first time that a state judge in Wisconsin went to trial on charges of obstructing immigration agents.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
  • Dugan’s case was a first for Wisconsin Dugan’s case marked the first time that a state judge in Wisconsin went to trial on charges of obstructing immigration agents.
    — Claire Savage, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Definition of obstructing
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  • Many CEOs who run this experiment are surprised by how much intelligence the team had been holding back.
    — Janet M Harvey, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • But that's not the only thing holding back first-time buyers.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Definition of holding back
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“Manacling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manacling. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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