Enslave

  • 11enslave — enslavement, n. enslaver, n. /en slayv /, v.t., enslaved, enslaving. to make a slave of; reduce to slavery: His drug addiction has completely enslaved him. [1635 45; EN 1 + SLAVE] Syn. enchain, shackle; control, dominate. Ant. free, liberate,… …

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  • 12enslave — verb To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall. See Also: slave, slavery …

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  • 13enslave — Synonyms and related words: adopt, appropriate, arrogate, assume, beat down, bind, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, clamp down on, coerce, colonize, compel, conquer, cow, daunt, deprive of freedom, despotize, disenfranchise,… …

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  • 14enslave — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. subjugate, enthrall, suppress, dominate, hold dominion over; oppress, tyrannize; addict. See subjection, habit. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. subjugate, bind, put in irons, oppress, hold under, restrain …

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  • 15enslave — en|slave [ınˈsleıv] v [T usually passive] 1.) to make someone a slave 2.) formal if something enslaves you, it completely controls your life and your actions ▪ She seemed enslaved by hatred. >enslavement n [U] …

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  • 16enslave — en|slave [ ın sleıv ] verb transitive 1. ) to make someone a SLAVE 2. ) if a feeling or idea enslaves someone, it influences everything they do or think ╾ en|slave|ment noun uncount …

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  • 17enslave — en·slave || ɪn sleɪv v. make into a slave, subjugate, dominate …

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  • 18enslave — verb make (someone) a slave. ↘cause to lose freedom of choice or action. Derivatives enslavement noun enslaver noun Origin C17 (in the sense make subject to a superstition, habit, etc. ): from en 1, in 2 + slave …

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  • 19enslave — v. a. 1. Reduce to bondage, deprive of liberty, make a slave of. 2. Overpower, master, overmaster, subjugate, dominate …

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  • 20enslave — verb (transitive usually passive) 1 formal to trap someone in a situation that they cannot easily escape from: enslaved by marriage and trapped by taboos and prejudice 2 to make someone into a slave enslavement noun (U) …

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