The meaning of Enslaved

verb

Tie or fasten (something) tightly together.

Usage examples:

They bound her hands and feet

noun

A problematical situation.

Usage examples:

He is in a bind that gets worse with every passing minute

verb

To tie someone or something tightly, or to fasten things together

Usage examples:

The room was full of wooden boxes bound with twisted wire., fig. the club is home to a mix of peopl…

verb

Deprive (someone) of the right to vote.

Usage examples:

The law disenfranchised some 3,000 voters on the basis of a residence qualification

verb

To take away a person’s right to vote

verb

Have power and influence over.

Usage examples:

The company dominates the market for operating system software

verb

Be in control

verb

To have control over a place or a person, or to be the most important person or thing

Usage examples:

[ t ] it was the story that dominated the headlines this week., [ t ] the rams dominated the footba…

verb

Capture the fascinated attention of.

Usage examples:

She had been so enthralled by the adventure that she had hardly noticed the cold

verb

To keep someone completely interested

Usage examples:

The baseball game completely enthralled the crowd., the audience was enthralled for two hours by a …

verb

Make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).

Usage examples:

500 companies sprang up to exploit this new technology

noun

A bold or daring feat.

Usage examples:

Despite a series of colourful exploits, his agents obtained little intelligence of value

noun

A brave, interesting, or unusual act

Usage examples:

Daredevil exploits, he is not content to limit himself to his exploits on the basketball court., th…

verb

Keep (someone) in subjection and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority.

Usage examples:

A system which oppressed working people

verb

To govern people in an unfair and cruel way and prevent them from having opportunities and freedom

Usage examples:

In his speech he spoke against those who continue to oppress the poor., he's feeling oppressed by t…

verb

Subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs.

Usage examples:

His followers were persecuted by the authorities

verb

To treat people unfairly or cruelly over a period of time because of their race, religion, etc.

Usage examples:

She claimed the government was persecuting its opponents., political/religious persecution, given t…

verb

Bring under domination or control, especially by conquest.

Usage examples:

The invaders had soon subjugated most of the population

verb

To defeat people or a country and rule them in a way that allows them no freedom

verb

To treat yourself, your wishes, or your beliefs as being less important than other people or their wishes or beliefs

Usage examples:

She subjugated herself to her mother's needs., reporters must subjugate personal political convicti…

verb

Forcibly put an end to.

Usage examples:

The rising was savagely suppressed

verb

To end something by force

Usage examples:

He either has to begin reforms, or he has to suppress the opposition., he was accused of suppressin…

verb

To prevent something from being seen or expressed

Usage examples:

Any decisions to suppress information would have been made by senior managers, not by shareholders.…

verb

Rule or treat (someone) despotically or cruelly.

Usage examples:

She tyrannized her family

verb

To treat someone cruelly, controlling everything that they do

Usage examples:

He was one of those school bullies who tyrannized the whole playground.

noun

A wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals and attached to the plough or cart that they are to pull.

Usage examples:

The god told him that he would meet a cow that had never borne the weight of a yoke or plough.

verb

Put a yoke on (a pair of animals); couple or attach with or to a yoke.

Usage examples:

A plough drawn by a camel and donkey yoked together

noun

A thing whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify.

Usage examples:

How much did that yoke set you back?