Synonyms for locks
locks

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1. locksnoun

   Dreadlocks.

   Synonyms:
   dreads

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1. hair

   as in locks of hair

   she brushed her long, curly locks.

   Submitted by JP03 on October 26, 2014  

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1. List of paraphrases for "locks":

   blockades, latches, lock, padlocks, lockups, lock-outs, closures, hangs, freezes, blocks, blockages, closes, sluices, lockstation, crashes, lock-ups, latch

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1. Orangeburg County Administrator Harold Young:

   They took advantage of a situation, Young said. We had an electrical short in the panel. It did what it was designed to do. When that electrical short happened, it released the locks within that pod, like they’re supposed to do. An officer attempted to control the situation and stop the inmates before they broke free. Four of them overpowered him. This guy put his life on the line, he was beaten and they were able to get his mace away from him and in the face of having been maced, still put up enough of a fight to make sure no one else was able to get away.

2. Emma Winger:

   The government locks people up — often in remote facilities far from family and legal services providers — while erecting arbitrary barriers to accessing counsel, immigrants in detention should not have to struggle to have private conversations with their lawyers. The stakes are too high.

3. Doug Larson:

   Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

4. Robyn Barnard:

   A gilded cage is still a cage, there are locks on the doors, there is no freedom of movement. It is for all intents and purposes a prison.

5. Leo Buscaglia:

   Love can never grow old. Locks may lose their brown and gold. Cheeks may fade and hollow grow. But the hearts that love will know, never winter's frost and chill, summer's warmth is in them still.