FASTEN (ON) Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

fasten (on)

verb

Definition of fasten (on)

as in to latch (on or onto)

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At a normal concert, the first people in line rush to the barrier to secure the best viewpoint for the show.

— Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2026
And as part of a deal to secure export licenses for advanced chips from the US government, HUMAIN will not allow Chinese frontier AI models to be trained on its compute capacity.

— Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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As the deli’s surveillance video rolled, his client went from calmly standing at the counter with a bottle of Gatorade to staggering to the floor, clutching his leg and tearing at his pants.

— Alison J. Stein, HubSpot, 1 Sep. 2026
In a satiric short video, Rabid Dogs, 2002, for example, white-collar workers dress upas rapacious canines, clutching Burberry bags in their mouths and traversing cubicles on all fours.

— Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of clutch

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Researchers have built versions that grip tree branches, cling to rough walls, and even latch onto moving vehicles, but ice – especially steep, unpredictable glacier ice – had remained one of the field's toughest holdouts.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026
Stock Chart IconStock chart icon In the lead-up to the 1997 crisis, markets were gripped by tech optimism amid the advent of the internet.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026

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