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barracked

verb

past tense of barrack
1
as in harassed

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as in billeted

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barracked
  1. harassed
  2. camped
  3. taunted
  4. housed
  5. heckled
  6. quartered
  7. ragged
  8. roomed
Verb
  • Instead, Keefe was soon pulled over by Milton police who said the employee had called 911 to report that he was being followed and harassed.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The haters have hacked the store’s website, harassed its hosts, spread rumors about its owner, and threatened to show up in force in front of its physical store.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of harassed
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  • Napoli were camped inside their own penalty area, tortoise-shelling, daring Arsenal to batter their way through.
    — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Many migrants, including unaccompanied minors, remain sleeping in the streets and camped on a beach despite authorities’ efforts to shelter, register and deport those who are eligible back to Morocco.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of camped
Verb
  • The rivalry between the two stars dates back to the 2023 NCAA women’s national championship game, when Reese's LSU Tigers defeated Clark's Iowa Hawkeyes and Reese famously, and without class, taunted Clark in the closing moments.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The older Green Lantern taunted the alien so much, that the creature detonated itself, blowing a hole into the side of the jail.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of taunted
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  • In 2023, Campbell’s closed its corporate headquarters in Ballantyne, which had once housed about 1,300 corporate employees.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2026
  • An elevator ride to the fourth floor brings you to where most of the museum’s collection is housed.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of housed
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  • England players, especially Jardine, were constantly booed and heckled.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
  • These remarks come after HeatWorld reported that the sisters have been concerned about their safety, with tensions rising after Eugenie was recently heckled by a man making comments about her father in March.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 29 July 2026
Definition of heckled
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  • The biggest games, the greatest stages, have been quartered off by a velvet rope.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 13 June 2026
  • This side of deeply roasted, tender sweet potatoes comes quartered and seasoned with GK’s take on togarashi.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of quartered
Verb
  • On that night in March, to the surprise of nobody, Arsenal ran their mid-table Premier League hosts ragged, beating them 5-1, with Henry and Freddie Ljungberg scoring twice, and Kolo Toure netting the other.
    — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
Definition of ragged
Verb
  • His father also roomed with Smart.
    — Jeff Sentell, AJC.com, 12 June 2026
  • Sat next to each other on the bus, roomed together.
    — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 8 May 2026
Definition of roomed
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“Barracked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barracked. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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