FASTENED (ON) Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

fastened (on)

verb

past tense of fasten (on)

as in latched (on or onto)

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Philadelphia School District officials told CBS News Philadelphia that schools are responsible for determining how students' devices will be secured during the school day.

— Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
Knizner secured the ball, but the winning run scored as Knizner couldn’t get his foot on the plate.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026

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The new mothers clasped their babies close as a pack of teenagers ran through the park.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
In 1975, as Cold War tensions thawed, an American commander and his Soviet counterpart clasped hands in space after their spacecraft docked.

— Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026

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Erblin Ademi clutched the photo of his father holding him as a little boy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Throughout his wanderings, the uxorious Odysseus clings to a little doll figure, intended to represent his wife (like the spinning top clutched by Leonardo DiCaprio in 'Inception'); the real woman is barely more interesting.

— Edward Segarra, USA Today, 28 July 2026

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