LOCKED Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

locked

verb

past tense of lock

as in latched

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as in wrapped

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Verb

His father, Jeff Cebula, said his son was looking at fish in a creek when a beaver latched onto his chest.

— Ashley Paul, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
And a lot of people latched onto her as this avatar of this particular viewpoint of keeping women's sports exclusively for cisgender women.

— Sam Fragoso, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of latched

Verb

According to the legislature’s nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis, overtime spending in the 2025-26 fiscal year, which wrapped last June 30, approached $338 million, up almost 7% over the prior year.

— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
Several cast members have also died since the show wrapped, including Michelle Trachtenberg, Nicholas Brendon and Anthony Head.

— Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of wrapped

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The other seats are all chained to the table for when Carrie sends everything in the room flying.

— Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
Eight days later, Shelley’s body was found tied, taped in plastic and chained to concrete in the Trinity River.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of chained

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Raj’s time with the circuit was cut short; the domestic teams ultimately folded as the league transformed into NFL Europe, but by then, the kids had caught the bug.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
The museum could clip the tapestry to a rail, then feed it into the paravent inch by inch; when the whole thing was transferred, the huge zigzag could be folded up—with the tapestry secured between layers of padding—then turned on its side.

— John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of folded

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For the first nine days, he was barred from meeting with an attorney.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Last year, Trump barred an Associated Press reporter from covering two official events because the news service did not refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of barred

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The shoes featured a high-cut vamp that enveloped most of the front of the foot, with visible seams going down the center of the vamp and along the sides, providing more structure for the soft leather shoes.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
After driving to the 1-yard line, Sean McVay called a quarterback sneak, one that ended with Stafford being enveloped in an avalanche of bodies, including Warner’s.

— Matt Barrows, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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