bangs up

Definition of bangs upnext
present tense third-person singular of bang up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bangs up
Verb
  • Kemerly was diagnosed with a liver disease in 2007 that slowly damages the liver.
    Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • For example, if a hurricane destroys a school, a courthouse and 50 miles of roads in a city, FEMA will give the local government more money than if that same hurricane damages one building.
    Lauren Sommer, NPR, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • In addition to the personal toll, playing overseas also hurts players professionally by limiting their ability to sign endorsement deals.
    J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Advertisement Love Story, like so many Murphy projects, is too focused on revising historical narratives to care about crafting complex characters, much less about who its flattening hurts.
    Judy Berman, Time, 6 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Former residents say the loss of homes, land, and businesses erased opportunities to build generational wealth — harms a new fund is intended to acknowledge through cash payments.
    Ara Rosenthal, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • And that harms the health, wellbeing and future of Iowa’s children.
    Marissa Payne, Des Moines Register, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist and a former Google executive, has warned in the past that there is a 10% to 20% chance that AI wipes out humans.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
  • That timeline could shrink if a massive fraud wipes out public confidence in the Internet.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • If rain severely impairs your vision, pull over and wait for conditions to improve.
    Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
  • If rain severely impairs your vision, pull over and wait for conditions to improve.
    Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The body of the plane tears down the middle.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • This post spoils Bridgerton Season 4 Part 2.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2026
  • But there was the Transformers actor, with his tattoos and pirate beard, behaving like the obnoxious guy at the bar who spoils everybody else’s night, getting into a fight, then continuing to party the next day after his high-profile arrest.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The series, based on a novel by Araminta Hall, delves into a crime that shatters a long-standing friendship among the three lead characters.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The glass shatters with a spray that shimmers in the lantern light.
    Danielle Parker, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Bangs up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bangs%20up. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.

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