enslave
Strip all freedom
To enslave is to make someone a slave—to strip them of freedom and hold them in bondage.
The word applies literally to the historical practice of slavery and figuratively to anything that dominates or controls: enslaved by addiction, enslaved to debt.
The figurative use can seem tone-deaf given slavery's brutal reality.
subjugate
Bring under dominion
- oppressUnjustly burden or dominate
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- captivityState of being confined
servitude · shackle · chain · yoke · master · traffick · exploit · dominate · enthrall · imprison
consume
Take in fully
dependence · compulsion · obsession · habit · craving · fixation · vice · beholden · captivate · hook
freedom and bondage
enslavefree
Without payment or restriction
liberate · emancipate · manumit · release · enfranchise
- enslaved laborWork compelled through ownership
- formerly enslaved