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Antonyms for hamstrung

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ham-string
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ

Definition of hamstrung

Origin :
  • 1640s, "to disable, render useless," a figurative verbal extension from the noun hamstring "tendon at the back of the knee" (1560s), from ham "bend of the knee" (see ham (n.1)) + string. Cutting this would render a person or animal lame. Related: Hamstrung.
  • [I]n hamstring, -string is not the verb string; we do not string the ham, but do something to the tendon called the hamstring; the verb, that is, is made not from the two words ham & string, but from the noun hamstring. It must therefore make hamstringed. [Fowler]
  • verb disable
Example sentences :
  • If I am to administer this office, I will not be hamstrung by constant 36 Executive interference.
  • Extract from : « The Clansman » by Thomas Dixon
  • We say when we cut these large muscles that we have “hamstrung” the animal.
  • Extract from : « The Later Cave-Men » by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
  • It was the horse Tommasino had ridden; it was hamstrung, and its throat had been cut.
  • Extract from : « The Chronicles of Count Antonio » by Anthony Hope
  • Had he been less heavily muscled, this attack might have hamstrung him.
  • Extract from : « Red Fox » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • I struggled to rise, but I could only flounder like a hamstrung horse.
  • Extract from : « The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerard » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Wasn't it going to be nice to live in a world without punctured eardrums and hamstrung nerves?
  • Extract from : « Cue for Quiet » by Thomas L. Sherred
  • On the night of our arrival at Hardin, a fine saddle horse had been hamstrung in his owner's stable by wolves.
  • Extract from : « Hunting in Many Lands » by Various
  • A wolf would have hamstrung his opponent and killed him at his leisure; but foxes rarely fight to the death.
  • Extract from : « Wild Folk » by Samuel Scoville
  • "These cows and steers have been hamstrung," said Ted, with a tone of suppressed rage in his voice.
  • Extract from : « Ted Strong in Montana » by Edward C. Taylor
  • If they'd hamstrung a few hundred private bankers, cut off their heads and burned down their houses, I'd advise you to stick.
  • Extract from : « Gargoyles » by Ben Hecht

Synonyms for hamstrung

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