Enslave
verb
To make someone a slave, to take away their freedom.
They were enslaved by their captors.
Often appears as...
- enslaved by
- enslaved for
verb
To be totally controlled or completely dependent on something or someone.
He was enslaved by his addiction to gambling.
Often appears as...
- enslaved to addiction
- enslaved by desire
verb
To make someone a slave, to take away their freedom.
They were enslaved by their captors.
Often appears as...
- enslaved by
- enslaved for
verb
To be totally controlled or completely dependent on something or someone.
He was enslaved by his addiction to gambling.
Often appears as...
- enslaved to addiction
- enslaved by desire
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Context
Used to describe actual slavery—forced labor without freedom or rights.
Millions were enslaved throughout history in different civilizations.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Emotion
Conveys a powerful wrong or injustice when describing taking someone's freedom.
The dictator's cruel laws enslaved his people.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Control
Implies physical control or restraint against someone's will.
Raiders would capture and enslave the villagers.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Context
Used to describe actual slavery—forced labor without freedom or rights.
Millions were enslaved throughout history in different civilizations.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Emotion
Conveys a powerful wrong or injustice when describing taking someone's freedom.
The dictator's cruel laws enslaved his people.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Control
Implies physical control or restraint against someone's will.
Raiders would capture and enslave the villagers.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Context
Used to describe actual slavery—forced labor without freedom or rights.
Millions were enslaved throughout history in different civilizations.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Emotion
Conveys a powerful wrong or injustice when describing taking someone's freedom.
The dictator's cruel laws enslaved his people.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Control
Implies physical control or restraint against someone's will.
Raiders would capture and enslave the villagers.
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The breathtaking courage...
and put her in touch with free black sailors who shipped the wood to the North. From them, Minty learned about the secret communications that occurred along trade routes, information that would prove invaluable later in her life. In this mixed atmosphere of free and enslaved blacks working side by side,
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The urgent need for...
narrative of racial difference that we created to legitimated it's the ideology of white supremacy that we made up to make ourselves feel comfortable with enslaving people who are black and we never address that that legacy we have in the 13th amendment language that prohibits involuntary servitude in
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Depression, the secret...
I never want to think about it again, I'm not going to look at it and I'm just going to get on with my life," ironically, those are the people who are most enslaved by what they have. Shutting out the depression strengthens it. While you hide from it, it grows. And the people who do better
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The Atlantic slave...
The crops grown in the new colonies, sugar cane, tobacco, and cotton, were labor intensive, and there were not enough settlers or indentured servants to cultivate all the new land. American Natives were enslaved, but many died from new diseases, while others effectively resisted.
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Is the world getting...
We live longer, suffer less, learn more, get smarter and enjoy more small pleasures and rich experiences. Fewer of us are killed, assaulted, enslaved, exploited or oppressed by the others. From a few oases, the territories with peace and prosperity are growing
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Why does the universe...
It's just a big cosmic vacuity. And we think there's a lot of something out there but that's because we're enslaved by our desires. If we let our desires melt away, we'll see the world for what it truly is, a vacuity, nothingness,
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How to make hard choices...
A world full of only easy choices would enslave us to reasons. When you think about it, it's nuts to believe that the reasons given to you dictated that you had most reason to pursue
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Can you solve Dongle's...
and enslaving the world to his will. So you set off on a quest to get them first, adventuring through fire, ice, and sand. Yet each time, you find that someone else got there first.
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The lie that invented...
not big benefits in material terms but the right to not be enslaved for life, the right to not have your loved ones torn from your arms and sold, and sometimes real goodies.
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These Divers Search For...
what we're doing here is helping to tell a story on a human scale a story about a ship and the five hundred and twelve people who were enslaved aboard that
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The breathtaking courage...
and put her in touch with free black sailors who shipped the wood to the North. From them, Minty learned about the secret communications that occurred along trade routes, information that would prove invaluable later in her life. In this mixed atmosphere of free and enslaved blacks working side by side,
Video examples
The urgent need for...
narrative of racial difference that we created to legitimated it's the ideology of white supremacy that we made up to make ourselves feel comfortable with enslaving people who are black and we never address that that legacy we have in the 13th amendment language that prohibits involuntary servitude in
Video examples
Depression, the secret...
I never want to think about it again, I'm not going to look at it and I'm just going to get on with my life," ironically, those are the people who are most enslaved by what they have. Shutting out the depression strengthens it. While you hide from it, it grows. And the people who do better
Video examples
The Atlantic slave...
The crops grown in the new colonies, sugar cane, tobacco, and cotton, were labor intensive, and there were not enough settlers or indentured servants to cultivate all the new land. American Natives were enslaved, but many died from new diseases, while others effectively resisted.
Video examples
Is the world getting...
We live longer, suffer less, learn more, get smarter and enjoy more small pleasures and rich experiences. Fewer of us are killed, assaulted, enslaved, exploited or oppressed by the others. From a few oases, the territories with peace and prosperity are growing
Video examples
Why does the universe...
It's just a big cosmic vacuity. And we think there's a lot of something out there but that's because we're enslaved by our desires. If we let our desires melt away, we'll see the world for what it truly is, a vacuity, nothingness,
Video examples
How to make hard choices...
A world full of only easy choices would enslave us to reasons. When you think about it, it's nuts to believe that the reasons given to you dictated that you had most reason to pursue
Video examples
Can you solve Dongle's...
and enslaving the world to his will. So you set off on a quest to get them first, adventuring through fire, ice, and sand. Yet each time, you find that someone else got there first.
Video examples
The lie that invented...
not big benefits in material terms but the right to not be enslaved for life, the right to not have your loved ones torn from your arms and sold, and sometimes real goodies.
Video examples
These Divers Search For...
what we're doing here is helping to tell a story on a human scale a story about a ship and the five hundred and twelve people who were enslaved aboard that
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Quote examples
Samuel Hopkins
American Clergyman
God saw fit, for wise reasons to allow the people of Israel thus to make and possess slaves; but is this any license to us to enslave any of our fellow-men, to kill any of our fellow-men whom we please and are able to destroy, and take possession of their estates?
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Aldis Hodge
American Actor
A lot of people are afraid of the idea of enslavement, and that's because it's tied to so much shame and guilt... That is the big elephant in the room, but a part of why we're afraid to attack that subject matter is because of the way we've been taught about it.
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Anthony Horowitz
English Novelist
Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them.
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Marcel Duchamp
French Artist
When the vision of the 'Nude' flashed upon me, I knew that it would break forever the enslaving chains of Naturalism.
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Louise Brooks
American Actress
There is no other occupation in the world that so closely resembled enslavement as the career of a film star.
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Susan B. Anthony
American Activist
Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman.
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Henryk Sienkiewicz
Polish Novelist
It has been said that Poland is dead, exhausted, enslaved, but here is the proof of her life and triumph.
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Alice Walker
American Author
I love the natural world - it comes from my culture, which grew out of a people enslaved.
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Arthur Rimbaud
French Poet
Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.
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Barbara Amiel
British Journalist
The world today is divided into the free and the enslaved.
Quote examples
Samuel Hopkins
American Clergyman
God saw fit, for wise reasons to allow the people of Israel thus to make and possess slaves; but is this any license to us to enslave any of our fellow-men, to kill any of our fellow-men whom we please and are able to destroy, and take possession of their estates?
Quote examples
Aldis Hodge
American Actor
A lot of people are afraid of the idea of enslavement, and that's because it's tied to so much shame and guilt... That is the big elephant in the room, but a part of why we're afraid to attack that subject matter is because of the way we've been taught about it.
Quote examples
Anthony Horowitz
English Novelist
Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them.
Quote examples
Marcel Duchamp
French Artist
When the vision of the 'Nude' flashed upon me, I knew that it would break forever the enslaving chains of Naturalism.
Quote examples
Louise Brooks
American Actress
There is no other occupation in the world that so closely resembled enslavement as the career of a film star.
Quote examples
Susan B. Anthony
American Activist
Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman.
Quote examples
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Polish Novelist
It has been said that Poland is dead, exhausted, enslaved, but here is the proof of her life and triumph.
Quote examples
Alice Walker
American Author
I love the natural world - it comes from my culture, which grew out of a people enslaved.
Quote examples
Arthur Rimbaud
French Poet
Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.
Quote examples
Barbara Amiel
British Journalist
The world today is divided into the free and the enslaved.
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