BATTENED (DOWN) Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

battened (down)

verb

past tense of batten (down)

as in locked

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The owners threatening to shut the game down next year aren’t looking for an even playing field.

— Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
New lower scores, for example, could shut those companies out of doing business in markets with sustainability requirements based on the Protocol.

— Mike Feibus, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of shut

Verb

As such, most of its parts are off-the-shelf, panels and interior components are bolted on, and there's no proprietary software locking owner-operators out of diagnosing and fixing their vehicles themselves.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2026
The horse in question, Samson, bolted from a standstill at Cherry Hill on June 17, after Mahajan in his family, who were visiting from India, had climbed into the carriage after a photo had been taken but before the carriage horse driver was aboard.

— Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of bolted

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, perhaps the EU’s leading right-wing immigration restrictionist, latched onto the Ceuta episode.

— Kelsey Norman, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Residents are encouraged to use bear-resistant containers with lids latched, store garbage in a garage or shed until collection day, and put cans at the curb the morning of pickup rather than the night before.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of latched

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Afghanistan is now the only country on earth where girls are barred from education past sixth grade.

— Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
According to the complaint, Spaventa allegedly coached his sales squad, many of whom were not registered while several had been previously suspended or barred by regulatory agency Finra.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of barred

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Alicent, not at all her friend in the book, is chained up and not sent off on some silly assassination attempt to kill her son, Aemond.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Most recently, in May 2026, Cal/OSHA issued the company six citations, following an incident during a fire in January 2026 when two workers were reportedly found locked inside a cold storage room that had been chained from the outside.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of chained

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Walmart, in fact, closed its Chatham store very near the Capital One call center earlier this year.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
It's been closed for nearly two years, but restoration of the Panther Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh's Schenley Park has been completed.

— Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

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