BANGED Synonyms: 160 Similar and Opposite Words

banged

verb

Definition of banged next

past tense of bang

as in bumped

to come into usually forceful contact with something the toy car banged into the wall and stopped

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as in knocked

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner idly banged trees with a stick

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as in slammed

to shove into a closed position with force and noise stomped off to his room and banged the door

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Recent Examples of banged Like Soldier Boy at times, the Legend is a character who mainly exists as an excuse for the writers to include copious references to old starlets these men have banged. —

Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 6 May 2026 Towns took a hard fall and banged his head and back on the floor, then got up and kept moving. —

C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 5 May 2026 Chris Sale sliced and diced and Drake Baldwin banged and bashed as the Braves beat the Rockies 9-1 on Saturday at Coors Field, setting a franchise record by starting the year unbeaten in their first 11 series (10-0-1). —

Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 3 May 2026 Graham, [screenwriter] John Logan and I banged our heads around. —

Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2026 As one third of The Police, Copeland banged his way to the upper reaches of pop stardom. —

Heather Abbott, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026 Smith, who had been 0-for-6 lifetime against Fairchild, banged a 2-1 cutter off the left-center-field fence to clear the bases. —

Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026 Catcher Patrick Bailey went for the pick instead of a block, and Winn’s splitter banged off the backstop. —

Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026 Diehard fans banged bass drums, songs emanated from the supporters’ wall and a packed stadium of 7,211 buzzed all the way through stoppage time of a tense game. —

Idaho Statesman, 5 Apr. 2026

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Only 15 games into his season due to a hamstring injury that bumped back his debut, Stowers provides adequate defense while excelling as a hitter.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
At a sentencing hearing Friday for the man convicted of killing Shearer, the victim’s family said the young man bled out in the front lawn of that Rancho Cordova home over a dispute after someone bumped someone else in a crowded room at that party.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026