shackling

/SH AE1 K AH0 L IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To restrain using shackles; to place in shackles.

  2. 2

    (by extension) To render immobile or incapable; to inhibit the progress or abilities of.

    “This law would effectively shackle its opposition.”

verb
  1. 1

    To shake, rattle.

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