All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.
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Enslave
//ɪnˈsleɪv//
Synonyms for "enslave" (103 found)
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Strong matches (31)
Related words (51)
lead captivelord it overmake dependentmake free withmake use ofmonopolizeoccupyoppressoveraweoverbearovermasteroverrideoverrunpeonizepreemptpreoccupyprepossesspress heavy onrepressrequisition
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ride override roughshod overseduceshacklesit onsquat onsubjectsubjugatesubordinatesuppresstake all oftake captivetake it alltake overtake possession oftake upterrorizetrammeltrample downtrample upontread downtread upontyrannizetyrannize overunmanusurpvassalizewalk all overwalk overweigh heavy onyoke
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1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
9 entriesderived from
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
69 translations across 43 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- δουλόω verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- ἀνδραποδίζω verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Arabic
2 entries- اِسْتَرَقَّ verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- اِسْتَعْبَدَ verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Armenian
1 entries- ստրկացնել verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- kölə halına salmaq verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- kölələşdirmək verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- qul etmək verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- qullaşdırmaq verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Belarusian
2 entries- заняво́льваць verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- заняво́ліць verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Bulgarian
2 entries- поро́бвам verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- поро́бя verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Catalan
1 entries- esclavitzar verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 奴役 verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Czech
2 entries- zotročit verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- zotročovat verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Danish
2 entries- gøre til slave verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- slavebinde verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Dutch
1 entries- knechten verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Esperanto
1 entries- sklavigi verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Estonian
1 entries- orjastama verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Finnish
1 entries- orjuuttaa verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
French
2 entries- asservir verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- esclavagiser verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Galician
1 entries- escravizar verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
German
1 entries- versklaven verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Greek
1 entries- υποδουλώνω verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Hungarian
1 entries- rabszolgává tesz verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Irish
1 entries- daor verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Italian
1 entries- asservire verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Japanese
1 entries- 奴隷にする verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Khmer
1 entries- ដាក់ជាទាសករ verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Korean
1 entries- 노예로 만들다 verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Latin
1 entries- servum faciō verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Macedonian
2 entries- пороби verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- поробува verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Middle English
1 entries- thrallen verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Māori
3 entries- whakamōkai verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- whakapononga verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- whakataurekareka verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Old Norse
1 entries- þrælka verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Polish
2 entries- zniewalać verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- zniewolić verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Portuguese
1 entries- escravizar verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Romanian
3 entries- aservi verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- robi verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- înrobi verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Russian
2 entries- поработи́ть verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- порабоща́ть verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- daor verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- porobljávati verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- porobljívati verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- poròbiti verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- поро̀бити verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Slovak
2 entries- zotročiť verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- zotročovať verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Slovene
2 entries- zasužnjevati verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- zasužnjiti verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Spanish
1 entries- esclavizar verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Swedish
1 entries- förslava verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Turkish
1 entries- köleleştirmek verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Ukrainian
2 entries- понево́лити verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
- понево́лювати verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nô dịch verb (to make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.
Source: tatoeba (1529838)
These aliens want to enslave humanity.
Source: tatoeba (3836041)
To give millions a knowledge of English is to enslave them.
Source: tatoeba (4261029)
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