CLAMPED DOWN Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

clamped down

verb

past tense of clamp down

as in turned back

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Sandy Creek has sat idle since a major failure last year and isn’t expected to be turned back on until March 2027.

— Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
After his father was repeatedly brought to an operating room at a hospital in Kandahar and turned back without surgery, Amiri posted a video describing the ordeal.

— Fatima Faizi, NPR, 10 July 2026

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In a statement posted to X Sunday, McBride said the brothers were arrested for their politics and are being held in solitary confinement.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Four men were arrested last month for allegedly conspiring to plan an attack on the ‘Freedom 250’ UFC event on June 14 on the lawn of the White House by using drones modified to carry explosives.

— Adam Leventhal, New York Times, 19 July 2026

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Trump hadn’t yet declared war on Iran, but the country was roiling with protests, which had been harshly suppressed.

— Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Chinese exploitation of voter data claims Trump argued that the intelligence community suppressed information about China allegedly accessing 220 million voter files and trying to turn American opinion against him in the run-up to the 2020 election.

— Justin Fishel, ABC News, 17 July 2026

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By some architectural wizardry of concrete and glass the pictures inside stand to attention, as if they, too, are suspended in time and space—a collection that faces in one direction, in orderly fashion, like the Terracotta Army.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
The Ministry of Education suspended in-person classes in the departments of San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Suchitepéquez and Retalhuleu, near the quake's epicenter.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026

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VanSumeren played both positions with the Eagles over three seasons, although injuries have stunted his evolution.

— The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 8 July 2026
This lack of competition has stunted the organizational capacity of both the Democratic and Republican Parties, rendering them hollow and unable to cultivate, train, or support a pipeline of young candidates.

— Peter Gosselin, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

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