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in chains

ADJECTIVE

confined

Synonyms

STRONGEST

circumscribed cramped imprisoned restrained restricted

STRONG

bound chilled compassed cramp detained grounded hampered held hog-tied iced immured incarcerated indisposed invalided jailed pent sick

WEAK

bedfast bedridden bottled-up cooped up flattened out in jail incommodious laid up locked up on ice sealed up shut-in

Antonyms

STRONG

healthy well

WEAK

free liberated unlimited

Example Sentences

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Matan Zangauker, 25, is a soldier whose mother has campaigned relentlessly for his release, protesting while tied up in chains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

Images of these migrants in chains, disembarking from an American aircraft, had made headlines for weeks.

From BBC • May 29, 2025

Such activism, I believed then and I believe now, began in 1619, the moment enslaved Africans were deposited in chains on American shores.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025

Colonies consist of hundreds of individuals linked in chains that can be up to several meters long.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2024

The other Titans were supposed to be here in Tartarus—maybe bound in chains, or roaming aimlessly, or hiding in some of those dark crevices.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

in chains

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