slammed; slamming
1
: to shut forcibly and noisily : bang
2
a
: to set or slap down violently or noisily
slammed down the phone
b
: to propel, thrust, or produce by or as if by striking hard
slam on the brakes
slammed the car into a wall
3
: to strike or beat hard : knock
4
: to criticize harshly
1
: to make a banging noise
2
: to function (as in moving) with emphatic and usually noisy vigor
the hurricane slammed into the coast
slammed out of the room
3
: to utter verbal abuse or harsh criticism
1
a
: a noisy violent closing
b
: a banging noise
especially
: one made by the slam of a door
2
: a heavy blow or impact
3
: a poetry competition performed before judges
4
: a cutting or violent criticism
5
: slammer
1
2
Examples of slam in a Sentence
Verb
He slammed the door in my face.
She slammed the drawer shut.
He stepped inside and let the door slam behind him.
In her anger, she slammed the ball against the fence.
The car slid on the ice and slammed into a tree.
Her arm slammed against the table.
Noun (1)
gave the stubborn nail one last slam with the hammer
shut the door with a loud slam
sported a gang tattoo on his arm that had gotten him plenty of respect in the slam
the sudden slam of my head against the trunk of the car
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Jack Guy, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
The 4-year-old’s death catapulted a probe that ended with Florida’s child protection agency slammed for its failures.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
After Minott’s second slam, Pritchard broke the game open by swiping two steals in 10 seconds and scoring off both — a fast-break layup and a corner three set up by a Hugo Gonzalez assist.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 24 Nov. 2025
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Verb
These shortcomings were described in a report released by a French court on November 6, which slammed the Louvre’s leadership for its focus on headline-grabbing purchases and renovation projects over maintaining the security of one of the world’s largest museums.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
The 4-year-old’s death catapulted a probe that ended with Florida’s child protection agency slammed for its failures.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
Noun
That’s roughly equal to about 887 kilograms of force (around 1,956 pounds of force), almost like having the weight of a small car slam into something in a split second.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
After Minott’s second slam, Pritchard broke the game open by swiping two steals in 10 seconds and scoring off both — a fast-break layup and a corner three set up by a Hugo Gonzalez assist.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Slam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slam. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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