BANDAGE Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of bandage

as in to bind

to cover with a bandage her mother always bandages her scraped knees very carefully

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Recent Examples of bandage

Verb

Both players had their heads bandaged and were substituted, for Chris Wood and Filip Jorgenson, after a stoppage of around five minutes. — Simon Johnson, New York Times, 4 May 2026 Paramedics bandaged and dressed the boy's wounds as Caprio learned another child was also bleeding lower on the steps. — Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 1 May 2026

Noun

The two-way star, who turns 32 on Sunday, spoke Friday night with a heavy bandage on his swollen left knee to go with his usual ice wrap around his pitching arm. — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 4 July 2026 Yes, there was a splint on my nose and a small bandage on my ear, but the pain was minimal as I was still medicated—more pressure than anything sharp. — Victoria Oliva, Allure, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bandage

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More than a few people – even those bound to tradition – have conceded that a calendar reconfiguration wouldn’t be a bad idea, such as pushing the Preakness back to June and the Belmont to July.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
The rooms With 306 rooms, ranging from intimate studios to spacious four-bedroom villas, you’re bound to find a setup that comfortably fits your group size.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of bind

Noun

Strip away the nostalgia framing and what’s left is a generation adapting to scarcity, and a slow-motion shift into retirement like the fadeout on a cassette tape.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 July 2026
His three-day sentencing hearing featured emotional victim impact statements, tapes of his confessions to police and insights into his twisted desire for infamy and obsession with school shooters.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 July 2026

Definition of tape

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Written by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari (Transformers One, Ant-Man and the Wasp), Pathetic Fallacy follows a young widower to a new-age mountain town in search of cosmic answers and a chance to heal.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
The Kea Lani also offers customized health and wellness coaching, sound healing immersion and relaxing yoga sessions using aromatherapy, reiki healing and restorative movement.

— Ben Davidson, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of heal

Noun

Complete with brown poplin binding, the piece delivers a coastal nod without screaming beach bag.

— Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 12 July 2026
In Weaver’s case, for example, one of the bindings found on her body had a lot of DNA from Weaver herself, some from her boyfriend and a much smaller amount from an unknown third person, Collins said.

— Nina Giraldo, CNN Money, 10 May 2026

Definition of binding

Verb

Another point is to mandate that all military intelligence infrastructure treats AI-derived target assessments as highly suspect, rather than highly accurate.

— Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
The Ojai Raptor Center, which has been treating Jackie, said the bald eagle's bloodwork indicates anemia.

— Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of treat

Noun

Saturday produced zero title changes across six matches, so Corbin's win was the first belt to move all weekend.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Asteroid mining is also mentioned as a potential opportunity, which would entail extracting metals and other critical resources from near-Earth and main-belt asteroids.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

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