enslave
verb (used with object)
to make a slave of; hold (someone) in slavery or bondage.
enslaves
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present tense formof enslave (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Later, it did duty as a lower level of Nibelheim, where Alberich enslaves his fellow Nibelungs as the first step in his quest for world domination.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
Then he pauses and sinks in his chair and answers himself, "It is a handcuff that enslaves poor workers."
From Salon ● May 12, 2022
Speaking to supporters at the end of his Socialist Party's three-day congress in Valencia, Mr Sanchez said that the practice "enslaves" women.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2021
From these images, Jemisin spun out a four-hundred-page story about an empire that enslaves its deities.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 20, 2020
The man who listens to Reason is lost: Reason enslaves all whose minds are not strong enough to master her.
From Maxims for Revolutionists by Bernard Shaw
