BATTENED (DOWN) Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

battened (down)

verb

past tense of batten (down)

as in locked

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The rebels, meanwhile, saw a golden opportunity to reopen an airspace long shut by Saudi Arabia.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Guests can doff their drawers the moment the door shuts behind them.

— Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of shut

Verb

Those changes stuck because they were built into how the business runs, not bolted onto a marketing model.

— Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Romanch Mahajan, 18, was thrown from a carriage on June 17 after Samson, the horse pulling the carriage, bolted, collided with another carriage, and toppled over.

— Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 30 July 2026

Definition of bolted

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The memorial has a bronze marker fastened to the marble wall.

— Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Icelandic poet, novelist and essayist Andri Snær Magnason was tasked with commemorating Ok, his words etched into copper and fastened to rock uncovered by the glacier’s retreating ice.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 July 2026

Definition of fastened

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In 2019 and again in 2020, the company launched a pair of spacecraft that latched onto faltering communication satellites and steered them, providing extra years of life.

— Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 22 July 2026
The latest report paints a picture of a manufacturing industry that is still latched to legacy systems, with an eagerness to dabble in AI, but with second thoughts about fully committing to it.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 16 July 2026

Definition of latched

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The company said advanced cyber-capable models could ultimately become useful defensive tools, helping security teams identify vulnerabilities, understand how individual weaknesses can be chained together and respond to attacks faster.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
Though Felipe was originally chained inside a hole in the woods, he was moved to Esmeralda Farm out of caution that he might be found.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Definition of chained

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The Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner called Juliana’s death a suicide within three days, and police closed the case four days after that.

— Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
Last year, Planned Parenthood of Michigan closed its Marquette, Petoskey and Jackson health centers and consolidated its two Ann Arbor locations.

— Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of closed

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