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hamstring

noun

1 hamstring

One of the tendons at the back of the knee.

synonym: hamstring tendon.

verb

1 hamstring

Make ineffective or powerless.

Roget 751: restrain, check; put under restraint, lay under restraint; enthral, enthrall, inthral, inthrall, bethral, bethrall; restrict; debar etc. ... show more

Roget 158: be impotent etc. adj.; not have a leg to stand on.    vouloir rompre l'anguille au genou [Fr.], vouloir prendre la lune avec les dents [Fr.].    collapse, faint, swoon, fall into a swoon, drop; go by the board, go by the wayside; ... show more

2 hamstring

Cripple by cutting the hamstring.


adjective

Roget 659: unimproved etc. (improve) etc. 658; deteriorated etc. v.; altered, altered for the worse; injured etc. v.; ... show more

Moby thesaurus: bugger, burden, castrate, cramp, cripple, cumber, de-energize, debilitate, deflate, disable, disarm, disenable, drain, emasculate, embarrass, enchain, encumber, enfeeble, enmesh, ensnarl ... show more.

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