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
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  • Anyone with information about the incident or any other incident involving a mammal being harmed or harassed is asked to contact the NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement at 800-853-1964.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 27 July 2026
  • In court filings, Tesla has claimed that Vaughn and other plaintiffs failed to establish that they were harassed or discriminated against on the basis of race.
    — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
Definition of harassed
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  • Solidarity protests were held in several other cities, while supporters sent food and supplies to demonstrators camped in New Delhi and engaged in hunger strikes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The target is camped out inside a pipeline beneath a farmhouse across the battlefield.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of camped
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  • Nick Aldis’ wife Mickie James was ringside, where she was taunted by an arrogant Gunther.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Pfister taunted them as his wife ridiculed them for trying to cover their windows.
    — Kyung Lah, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Definition of taunted
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  • The shop opened earlier this summer and is located at 1108 E 30th St F, housed in the Wonder Shops and Flats building alongside other establishments like The Combine and AiZen Root Remedy.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Plans have yet to be finalized for the largest of the buildings, which formerly housed the plant’s gigantic boilers, but options include classrooms, an indoor play space or an oceanographic institute, according to the project’s designers.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of housed
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  • 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
  • She was heckled again during the 2025 WNBA Finals trophy ceremony.
    — Annie Costabile, New York Times, 24 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
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  • 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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