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lock
noun as in device that fastens and bars free passage
Example Sentences
Sulfur can exist as a gas in the atmosphere, as sulfate dissolved in seawater, or locked within mineral deposits.
“I always have the door locked,” said the dual Mexican and U.S. citizen in Spanish.
Unco-operative workers were locked in small dark rooms and starved or beaten until they gave in.
He made a mistake, locking up into Turn One, on his first run in qualifying and was 10th going into the final laps with Piastri fastest.
Through their frenetic search for scores, Scotland were only liberating New Zealand instead of locking them up and throwing away the key, as clinical teams would do.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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