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present participle of manacle
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1
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains
- manacled the prisoner to the wall
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2
to create difficulty for the work or activity of
- in this situation, the police are manacled by unnecessary regulations
Synonyms for manacling
- clogging,
- cramping,
- embarrassing,
- encumbering,
- fettering,
- hampering,
- handcuffing,
- handicapping,
- hindering,
- hobbling,
- hog-tying,
- holding back,
- holding up,
- impeding,
- inhibiting,
- interfering (with),
- obstructing,
- shackling,
- short-circuiting,
- stymieing,
- trammeling
- (or trammelling),
- tying up
- (or tieing up)
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