PINIONED Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

pinioned

verb

Definition of pinioned next

past tense of pinion

as in bound

to confine or restrain with or as if with chains Joan of Arc was pinioned to a stake and burned as a heretic

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Recent Examples of pinioned To be clear, there is no sense that Rondón and Ugás are defending the old guard or suggesting that a docile, starving population pinioned under the grip of a dictatorship is big-picture preferable to a rebellious insurgency. —

Jessica Kiang, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025

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Miller opened the dog crate, and with some coaxing, C31F stepped out and bounded down the hill out of the yard and to the safety of the railroad.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026
Howe Park is a 38-acre community park in Sacramento County’s Arden Arcade neighborhood, next to Howe Avenue Elementary School, and bounded by Howe Avenue, Cottage Way and Bell Street.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026