bum-rushed

verb

past tense of bum-rush
as in mobbed

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  1. mobbed
  2. swarmed
  3. attacked
  4. assaulted
  5. robbed
  6. rushed
  7. stormed
  8. ambushed
Verb
  • After his winner split the uprights, Cassidy was mobbed by his teammates and lifted onto their shoulders.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • In a previous interview with Fox News Digital, Williams recalled being mobbed by thousands of fans during a concert at the Del Mar Racetrack in California.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of mobbed
Verb
  • Guided by head coach Mike Macdonald, who knew Walker well, the Seattle defense seemingly swarmed him upon every touch, emphasizing multiple players rallying to the ball.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Over 44,000 fans swarmed Osbourne’s hometown of Birmingham, England, and watched groups like Metallica, Mastodon, Slayer, and Guns N’ Roses bid a musical farewell to Osbourne in the Villa Park stadium.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of swarmed
Verb
  • Many questions Bukele has billed the rapid buildup as a search-and-rescue operation to find the missing Salvadorans, who were attacked east of Port-au-Prince while returning to camp after a trip to the supermarket.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Kaye spent around $100,000 on dozens of ads in the Hollywood trades, Variety among them, some of which attacked Norton and the studio.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of attacked
Verb
  • Investigators contend that Navarro assaulted Garcia with a baseball bat.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
  • In interviews, six women told the Herald they were raped or assaulted by one or more of the brothers between 2002 and 2004.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of assaulted
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  • The attack comes amid several recent violent incidents in the iconic park, including an incident a week earlier where a woman was beaten and robbed of her AirPods and other items by a trio of masked crooks.
    — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • To make matters worse, this isn't the first time the band has been robbed.
    — Renee Anderson, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of robbed
Verb
  • Portis rushed to his teammates’ defense, getting into Gafford’s face before the two teams separated them.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Wessel was rushed to hospital; Hohler was arrested a couple of days later.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of rushed
Verb
  • Republicans stormed to their first majority in the House (54 seats net) in 40 years and recaptured the Senate with eight new seats there as well.
    — Ron Elving, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
  • In 2006, the Charger stormed the market as a rubber-burning full-size sedan that gained muscle over the years, culminating in a 797-horsepower variant.
    — Matt Degen, AJC.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of stormed
Verb
  • Three planeloads of soldiers from El Salvador landed in Haiti on Friday, days after the Central American nation’s president angrily threatened Haitian gangs that ambushed a group of Salvadoran soldiers over the past weekend who remain missing.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Task Force were returning to their camp Sunday in a white all-terrain Toyota when they were ambushed by heavily armed criminals, according to the Salvadoran military.
    — Widlore Mérancourt, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of ambushed
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