Handcuffed
Handcuffed adjective - Unable to act or achieve one's purpose.
Unable and handcuffed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unable" instead an adjective "Handcuffed".
Nearby Words: handcuff, handcuffing
Unable
Unable adjective - Lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job.
Handcuffed and unable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Handcuffed" instead an adjective "Unable".
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He subdues the serial killer by bashing his head repeatedly on the door, dunking him in a toilet bowl, and stuffing a gun barrel in Phil's mouth when he is handcuffed and unable to defend himself
Source: Rabid Cop - The two of them, the poacher handcuffed and hogtied and the landowner unable to walk, must find a way of surviving on a Scottish riverbank in late winter.
Source: Enemy Mine / Radio -
Kelly, unable to listen to the director, is eventually handcuffed to a fence.
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