bashed

past tense of bash
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Recent Examples of bashed That’s the first time that has happened since her husband Glenn (Steven Yeun) had his brains bashed in by Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s Negan. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Aug. 2026 Worrell’s frequent foe, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, bashed her over Rundell’s past on social media, suggesting dropped cases previously left the teen free to commit murder this summer. — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026 Derek Hill, who will platoon with Justin Crawford in center, bashed a go-ahead grand slam in Monday night’s 6-3 win over the Washington Nationals and made an outstanding catch in the following inning. — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Outside the ring, Punk bashed Rhodes’ head into the announce table repeatedly. — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 The themes are about honor and destiny; there are massively violent battle scenes; one character ends up with the entire back half of his skull bashed in. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2026 The White House bashed Spain's left-wing government after the border between Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta and Morocco collapsed Thursday. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026 Tiffany recently bashed Hong for joining a livestream with the controversial left-wing Twitch streamer Hasan Piker. — Gaby Vinick, ABC News, 22 July 2026 The Carys, who camped at our lunch spot that evening, told us later that the bass came to the surface and bashed surface plugs near nightfall. — Hank Bradshaw, Outdoor Life, 24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bashed
Verb
  • Austin Mock’s model bumped their playoff odds to 33 percent after Week 1.
    — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • What if someone spilled a drink on the wood floors, or bumped against the plaster molding?
    — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • That stretch started with the doubleheader sweep of the Detroit Tigers earlier this month, when Bazzana smacked a tying homer and a walk-off single in the nightcap.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Suddenly a fan favorite in New York again, Volpe smacked a grand slam and drove in a career-high five runs during his rousing return from Triple-A as the Yankees beat the Colorado Rockies 10-3 on Thursday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The chicken is pounded thin before cooking and, at Le Flâneur, is served with Picholine olives, tomato, arugula, and Parmesan.
    — Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Russian overnight strikes also pounded western Ukraine, though there were no immediate reports of casualties.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Six of the gunmen were killed, according to police, who said one suicide bomber attacked the nearby office of an intelligence agency.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • When a wealthy, royal woman is attacked by bandits, the two men save her and are welcomed to the castle as valiant knights.
    — Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Trump’s scramble to tout the US talks with Belarus underscores the pressure from American farmers, who are slammed by surging diesel and fertilizer costs linked to the war with Iran.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026
  • First, a speeding SUV slammed into an LA Metro bus, killing two of its passengers.
    — Anusha Praturu, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Since the beginning of the year, his administration has slapped sanctions regularly on Cuban officials, government enterprises and military companies and has cut off oil supplies to the Cuban government.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The Tigers got slapped by a 76-yard touchdown on the second play of the game.
    — PJ Green September 20, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms -- insulting them in briefings, or in his recent speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In fact, during testing, the handheld triggered nostalgic memories of playing Final Fantasy Legend and Mario Land 2 on long car rides to my grandparents' house, but without the eye strain and being scolded for playing in the dark as the sun set.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 22 Aug. 2026
  • For over a year, the White House has scolded and threatened the Smithsonian.
    — Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Bashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bashed. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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