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clamps

noun as in handcuffs

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The better she does,” she said, rubbing the skin around the clamps, “the heavier it gets.

Once a month he attaches a device to his chest, clamps metal bracelets on his wrists, and hooks the whole thing up to a telephone.

Forget investigative reporting, even critical commentary is now out of bounds as the Kremlin clamps down on Web news sites.

The deep vaults, the huge closed doors, their cold iron clamps were all on his side.

When a fish swims toward the promised land, she clamps her legs closed and traps it.

He found himself seized by his wrists and held as if he had shoved his arms into steel clamps.

The hold-down clamps had hardly gripped it when a figure sprang out from an opened door.

Cast steel clamps hold the cable together, and to these the suspending rods are attached.

Ren put it together speedily, placing it in the wall clamps designed to hold it.

It has been broken and repaired with iron clamps, and the inscription upon it, recorded by Spelman, has gone.

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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to clamps, such as: bracelets, braces, chains, cuffs, fetters, and shackles.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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