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lock away

VERB

store

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accumulate bury deposit freeze hide hoard keep pack put save stash stockpile

STRONG

amass bank bin bottle cache can cumulate garner hive hutch mothball park reserve squirrel away stock up treasure victual warehouse

WEAK

keep in reserve lay away lay up lock up pack away put away put by put in storage roll up salt away save for rainy day sock away

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disperse spend squander throw away uncover waste

STRONG

disburse dissipate divide

WEAK

use

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Together, these ecosystems lock away roughly 100 gigatonnes of carbon.

From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026

That would naturally lock away some of the planet's carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to climate change.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025

The U.S. government last week announced its first research grants for soaking up carbon dioxide in the ocean, a geoengineering approach that would lock away atmospheric carbon and blunt global warming.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 13, 2023

Unlike this type of land-based carbon storage, ocean and coastal ecosystems can lock away carbon for millennia.

From Scientific American • Apr. 24, 2023

The most they could do, however, was to lock away Harry’s spellbooks, wand, cauldron, and broomstick at the start of the summer break, and forbid him to talk to the neighbors.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

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