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shackle
noun
verb
a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
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- Word length
- 7
- Starts with
- S
- Ends with
- E
- Contains
- HACKL
- Scrabble score
- 16
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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noun
a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
noun
a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar
verb
restrain with fetters
verb
bind the arms of
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