Synonyms for chains
cha·ins

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1. chains

   Bonds may be of cord, leather, or any other substance that can bind; chains are of linked metal. Manacles and handcuffs are for the hands, fetters are primarily chains or jointed iron fastenings for the feet; gyves may be for either. A shackle is a metallic ring, clasp, or bracelet-like fastening for encircling and restraining a limb: commonly one of a pair, used either for hands or feet. Bonds, fetters, and chains are used in a general way for almost any form of restraint. Gyves is now wholly poetic, and the other words are mostly restricted to the literary style; handcuffs is the specific and irons the general term in popular usage; as, the prisoner was put in irons. Bonds, chains, and shackles are frequently used in the metaphorical sense.

   Synonyms:
   bondage, bonds, custody, durance, duress, fetter, gyves, handcuffs, imprisonment, irons, manacles, shackles

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1. irons, chainsnoun

   metal shackles; for hands or legs

   Synonyms:
   irons

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1. List of paraphrases for "chains":

   strings, channels, chain, shackles, chaînes, ranges, padlock, cadenas, stations, string, padlocks, broadcasters, networks, fetters, lines, webs

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1. Jose Ramon Elizondo:

   Of course, it's a very serious distortion in the industry, because all the supply chains that use these types of materials are impacted every time they cross the border.

2. Rishi Sunak:

   Up to a fifth of the working-age population could need to be off work at any one time. And business supply chains are being disrupted around the globe.

3. Zvi Schreiber:

   Shutdowns affect supply chains from many angles including factory shutdowns, port slowdowns and shortages of truck drivers.

4. Bruce Aylward:

   You don't have control of Ebola until you know where all your transmission chains are and until your cases are coming from known contact lists, you always hear about disease detective work and that is what Ebola is about now.

5. Albert Einstein:

   The fanatical atheists...are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures who—in their grudge against the traditional 'opium of the people'—cannot bear the music of the spheres.