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strapped

adjective as in destitute

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If necessary, you can lay a blanket on top of your child once they are safely strapped in.

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He put on an extra-warm coat, as if he expected to be going someplace cold, and strapped on a rucksack.

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She had never hiked up a snow-capped mountain with a bedroll strapped to her back, or pitched a tent in a monsoon, or gathered wood for a campfire over which to prepare her morning tea.

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The polygraph exam uses a device strapped to a subject’s body to measure physiological responses like heart rate, blood pressure and perspiration as the person answers yes-or-no questions.

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It released videos of pigeons strapped with joint-sized backpacks before revealing the move was a marketing stunt.

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

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