Synonyms for shackled
shack·led

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1. fettered, shackledadjective

   bound by chains fastened around the ankles

   Synonyms:
   fettered

   Antonyms:
   unbound

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1. List of paraphrases for "shackled":

   chained, handcuffed

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1. Al Sharpton:

   What kind of sickness would make men pile on a man that’s already handcuffed and shackled ?

2. Suzanne Sisley:

   With marijuana you have to go through added layers of government red tape. It highlights the way marijuana research is being shackled by politics.

3. Mike Pompeo:

   The United States government maintains relationships with unofficial partners around the world, and Taiwan is no exception. ... Today’s statement recognizes that the U.S.-Taiwan relationship need not, and should not, be shackled by self-imposed restrictions of our permanent bureaucracy.

4. Kanye West:

   [ T ] o make myself clear. Of course I know that slaves did not get shackled and put on a boat by free will. My point is for us to have stayed in that position even though the numbers were on our side means that we were mentally enslaved.

5. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   The Middle East is plagued by anti-Western, anti-democratic and anti-American extremism. Terrorists brutally behead their shackled captives before video cameras. Despots lead their people in chants of 'Death to America' while building intercontinental ballistic missiles to reach America.