BUCKLED Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

buckled

verb

past tense of buckle

as in collapsed

to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure the flimsy bridge buckled under the weight of the caravan of trucks

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as in devoted

to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time

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Recent Examples of buckled Troopers later determined that no one in the vehicle was wearing a seat belt, as all front belts were still buckled after the crash. —

Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026 Sakahara later told his son he’d been beaten and kicked and only buckled after officers began to direct the threats at people around him, said Koji, who had confronted his father about his confession. —

Yumi Asada, CNN Money, 13 June 2026 In the dead of night, the earth beneath Southern California buckled, shaking millions of people, damaging or destroying hundreds of buildings, breaking the California Aqueduct and sending more than a billion gallons of water flooding into an ancient desert lake bed. —

Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026 But the bullpen picked him up with five scoreless innings until Bradgley Rodriguez buckled in the 10th inning and Matsui did the same in the 11th. —

Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026 Kim’s backing of Russia’s war with Ukraine has paid dividends, his weapons program has cemented North Korea’s status as a de facto nuclear state, and an economy that buckled under the pressure of pandemic isolation and sanctions has since rebounded. —

Stella Kim, NBC news, 8 June 2026 On a chilly January night in 2025, CATS bus driver Sheila Andrews buckled her seatbelt at the uptown Charlotte transit center as passengers boarded. —

Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026 The shoes feature an open toe design with four criss cross straps over the toes and a thin and dainty buckled ankle strap. —

Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 18 May 2026 Another officer noticed one of the children was not properly buckled and was crying. —

Wcco Staff, CBS News, 14 May 2026

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Niv Shisler, 24, an aspiring rapper who works at Dorfman’s restaurant, moved to the town last November lured by cheap housing when rents collapsed during the war.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
The project had to be unplugged within months — before being widely deployed — when the company behind it collapsed.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026