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harnessed

ADJECTIVE
equipped
Synonyms
STRONGEST
armed clothed dressed furnished rigged supplied
STRONG
accoutered appareled appointed arrayed assembled bedecked completed decked fitted implemented provided
WEAK
readied set up
Antonyms
WEAK
bare stripped unfurnished
ADJECTIVE
tame
Synonyms
STRONGEST
docile gentle harmless manageable mild subdued
STRONG
acclimatized bridled broken busted civilized cultivated disciplined habituated muzzled overcome trained yoked
WEAK
amenable biddable domestic fearless gentle as a lamb housebroken kindly meek obedient pliable pliant submissive tractable unafraid unresisting
Antonyms
STRONGEST
harsh rough violent
WEAK
bright exciting interesting unmanageable untamed wild

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The lessons from transplants about how the immune system can be harnessed to control and get rid of cancer helped pave the way for newer treatments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

But what if our desires were not something to be harnessed?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Emphasising that concept, musical motifs from Arirang appear on the album's opening track, Body To Body, harnessed to a clattering hip-hop beat.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Although they appear magnetically neutral because their spins balance out, their internal magnetic structure can still be harnessed to store digital information in new ways.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

There my leg is harnessed up and made to move.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

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