Attached
Lodged
Lodged adjective - Firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge.
Usage example: the rusty, old bolts were so well lodged that a power wrench was needed to extract them
Attached and lodged are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attached" instead the word "Lodged" as an adjective or a verb.
Both words in one sentence
- In "Meet the Medic" the x-rays attached to a light box in the back of the operating room reveal that the Heavy has had a bomb lodged inside him.
- Porcupines may have their spines dislodged while swinging their tails around because the spines are very loosely attached to the porcupine so that they'll come out once they've been lodged in another creature's skin; however, they don't deliberately shoot their quills at a target.
Source: Artistic License Biology
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