BANGED UP Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

banged up

verb

past tense of bang up

as in hurt

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The sequence was enough to stave off the Warhawks as TCU avoided an upset loss that would’ve hurt their NCAA Tournament resume.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2026
Simmons has been out with a high ankle sprain, and Coleman hurt a shoulder against Mississippi State.

— Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of hurt

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No one was injured in Sunday's strike on the village of Komyshuvakha, but specialized rescue equipment was damaged, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026
Remove dead or damaged branches anytime to keep shrubs healthy and shapely.

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of damaged

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The two once presented a live demo minutes after a computer cloud crash wiped out their materials, winning anyway after Andreou pitched the product entirely from memory.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 27 June 2026
Widespread flooding across Kentucky has left at least four dead Saturday, prompting dozens of rescues after heavy rains wiped out bridges, inundated roads and flooded homes, with more significant rainfall on the way.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 27 June 2026

Definition of wiped out

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Casa Brera has accommodations for the hearing impaired and wheelchair accessible showers.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
But if the mitochondrial circuits are impaired or if there are simply more electrons from food pouring into the system than the mitochondria can handle, the flow can get bogged down.

— Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of impaired

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Judge Chutkan agreed that the local governments are likely to be harmed by the construction of the arch.

— News Desk, Artforum, 6 Nov. 2026
The decision hinged over what judges said was the plaintiffs' inability to define the market for players — a key point in determining how those players are being harmed by being declared ineligible.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of harmed

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The post said the front windows of the cafe were shattered and a cash register was stolen.

— Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026
That invincibility myth was shattered Thursday when Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s CEO for 33 years, ally of the President of the United States and cofounder of the world’s most valuable AI company, resigned.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of shattered

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Of those, just 31 political parties and 17 political groupings have met the threshold in a registration process that has also been marred by attempts to register millions of fraudulent identification numbers.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
The Rosetta and Philae mission succeeded on both counts, but Philae's historic landing was marred by its turbulent touchdown.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of marred

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In Bulgaria, authorities found and destroyed a Russian Gerbera-2 drone, which was not carrying explosives, in the waters of the country’s northern Black Sea coast, the Defense Ministry said Friday.

— Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
He was born in 1941 in the village of al-Birwa, which was destroyed by Israeli forces in 1948.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026

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