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
  • The line outside the Manhattan nightclub Joyface was always hectic, but on Saturday night it was particularly mobbed.
    — Shane O’Neill, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Ezequiel Duran #20 of the Texas Rangers is mobbed by teammates after a walk-off double that scored the game winning run against the San Francisco Giants in the ninth inning at Globe Life Field on August 04, 2026 in Arlington, Texas.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of mobbed
Verb
  • Spanish protesters and migrants clashed with police and each other in Ceuta, one month after a horde of over 70,000 Moroccan migrants abruptly swarmed the small Spanish enclave.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026
  • His Chiefs teammates came on the field and swarmed Butker, whose initial reaction was to play it cool.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of swarmed
Verb
  • But the university’s recent actions in a lawsuit filed by a former student who was attacked on campus during that period appear at odds with that commitment.
    — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Not long after Bungalow 8 opened, the World Trade Center was attacked.
    — Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of attacked
Verb
  • Scott and Dylan walked away from faculty members and the video production crew and and Scott allegedly assaulted her in a janitor’s closet.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is seeking the public’s assistance after a man broke into a woman’s residence and assaulted her early Tuesday morning in a small Kansas town.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of assaulted
Verb
  • In October 2025, jewelry worth $102 million was robbed from the Louvre in Paris.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Named after Blythe Street — a short thoroughfare flanked by overcrowded apartments — the crew had robbed, stole, peddled drugs and shot up rivals since the 1980s, seemingly untroubled by the city of Los Angeles’ attempts to defeat it.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of robbed
Verb
  • The baby was last, which might have been why doctors were able to briefly restart a heartbeat once he was rushed to the hospital after his father returned home.
    — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Security cameras on the Chinese side of the border captured people running from a wall of debris as floodwaters rushed through a border crossing, sweeping away vehicles and buildings.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of rushed
Verb
  • Gauff, who won the 2023 title beating Karolina Muchova, stormed out to a 5-0 lead in the first set on Sunday before winning 6-2.
    — Jeff Wallner, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
  • In his first enlistment in the infantry, Capers stormed a beach south of Beirut, Lebanon, in 1958, with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines.
    — Ethan Rocke, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of stormed
Verb
  • Tete was arriving at his residence and waiting for the gate to open when he was ambushed by two armed suspects.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • As Cole is driving Tibu back from a passing-of-the-torch party, the two are ambushed, and Tibu is killed.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of ambushed
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