enslave
Example Sentences
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“Although people aren’t necessarily enslaved by it, people enslave themselves to it because they’re told how fantastic it is to help manifest these illusions for a corporate sponsor.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
Superfly is constructing a device to turn all animals into mutants and enslave the human race, and the heroes enter into a color explosion epic battle to stop him.
From Washington Times • Dec. 22, 2023
Moreover, it can be argued that every institution devised by humans has been used to enslave other humans.
From Salon • May 11, 2023
But last week Hinton quit Google so he could speak freely about his fears that A.I. systems would soon become smarter than us and gain the power to enslave or kill us.
From Slate • May 9, 2023
But my mother did not seem to care; she would always scoff at her opponents and call them fools in letting their husbands enslave them completely.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.