Install and Lock

Install

Install verb - To put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies.

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Lock and install are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lock" instead a verb "Install".

Lock verb - Fasten with a lock.

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Install and lock are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Install" instead a verb "Lock".

Nearby Words: locked, lockup, locker, locket, lockout

world	install world	lock world
door	install door	lock door
camera	install camera	lock camera
window	install window	lock window
Other words: weapons, missiles, windows, doors.

There's the launch, a spacewalk to install the telescope, and then a nerve-wracking interception mission to force a ufo into an orbit near the probe so it can lock on and follow the alien craft when it retreats.

Source: Series / UFO
Gran Turismo 5 has some notoriously bad loading times (especially if you do not do the optional install), with more delays and apparent lock-ups if the game can't see PSN but your console can (due to a slightly desynchronized clock).

Source: Loads and Loads of Loading

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Lock and Install. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/install/lock

Install & Lock. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/install/lock>.

Lock or Install. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/install/lock.

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