battened (down)

verb

Definition of battened (down)next
past tense of batten (down)
as in locked

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battened (down)
  1. shut
  2. bolted
  3. fastened
  4. latched
  5. chained
Verb
  • In the book, Lee and Allerton get close to finding the ayahuasca, but that door is quickly shut.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Yellowstone just aired its season 5B finale, which may have shut the barn door on that flagship series (though spinoffs are in the works).
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of shut
Verb
  • Greg bolted the panels to the window like a triptych.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Atlanta mom Curtrina Martin bolted awake before dawn on October 18, 2017.
    Dylan Moore, National Review, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of bolted
Verb
  • Instead of a topper, there’s a glowing Cartier logo fastened in the middle.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Her blonde hair, with a heightened crown and parted softly in the middle, roughly textured, was fastened with two bows.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of fastened
Verb
  • Anti-vax campaigners latched onto the news and claimed his condition was the effect of the Covid vaccine.
    Lucy Ford, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Fans also latched onto a clip of Maher, in Tuesday's finale, jokingly pretending to faint after the show went to commercial break just as the winners were about to be revealed.
    Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of latched
Verb
  • Jordan and her siblings were routinely physically, verbally and mentally abused by their parents, who reportedly chained their children to their beds and deprived them of food and the ability to exercise.
    Nicholas Rice, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Rusty, a Lab/Chow mix, estimated to be between 10 and 12 years old, was rescued by PETA 10 years after he was found being kept in isolation, chained in a pen, in North Carolina.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of chained
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“Battened (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battened%20%28down%29. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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