CLAMPED DOWN Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

clamped down

verb

past tense of clamp down

as in turned back

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Once firefighters completed their work and determined the building was safe to reenter, the facility was turned back over to Amazon management, and employees were allowed to return to work.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Matt Turner turned back three shots for New England, which saw a four-match win streak end in falling to 11-4-2 at home.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2026

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Civic-minded fans at the concert checked election results during the show.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2026
Those who checked Truth Social after CNN projected that the Democratic party would capture the House of Representatives were also set up for disappointment, as the president has yet to comment on those results as well.

— Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026

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In one of the biggest crackdowns on religious activity in recent years, authorities in October 2025 arrested 30 leaders of Zion Church, one of the country’s largest underground church networks, following overnight raids in several cities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2026
Kiswani and her supporters have been arrested multiple times at various Within Our Lifetime demonstrations, the New York Times reported.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Nov. 2026

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The structure uses thin sheets of nickel-titanium (NiTi), a shape-memory alloy, stamped into porous chips and stacked to form a tubular refrigerant unit.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Consumer product packaging could only be stamped with the chasing arrows recycling symbol if at least 60% of consumers have access to recycling programs that accept the product.

— Lisa Song, ProPublica, 29 Oct. 2026

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Overall, Ukraine’s air defenses shot down or suppressed 196 Russian drones overnight into Friday.

— Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Edison mentions an abusive boyfriend of Leonora’s, and there is one scene, set at a public park, where some of Arlo’s suppressed trauma flares violently into the open.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026

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