BUMPED Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

bumped

verb

past tense of bump

as in slammed

to come into usually forceful contact with something that police officer bumped into me and should have apologized

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Recent Examples of bumped The adjoining high-rise, built in 1960, was expanded with a 16-story addition that horizontally bumped out the existing top dozen floors and put four more stories on the top. — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026 Marcus Garrett bumped knees with a KSU player in the first half and only played nine minutes, scoring five points. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026 That trick bumped the qubit creation yield above 85 percent for predictable, high-density manufacturing. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026 Molina then bumped Rodri in the chest, at which point Eric Garcia got involved. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026 Other categories getting bumped from broadcast include Writing for a Variety Series, Directing for a Limited Series or Movie, and Writing for a Limited Series or Movie and Variety Special (Live). — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 July 2026 According to a 2008 set report ahead of the first movie’s release, the conflict began in the second season, when Parker was given an executive producer credit and her paycheck was bumped to $300,000 per episode. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026 In the two years since, the Knicks have bumped right up against their second-apron hard cap. — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026 A week after she was bumped, Stark sued the state to try to get back on the ballot. — Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 July 2026

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For the third auction in a row, the price of keeping the lights on across a 13-state swath of the country slammed straight into the ceiling.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 July 2026
Moments before impact, the restraining orca let go, and its partner slammed into the sunfish like a freight train hitting a watermelon.

— Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

Definition of slammed

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Moshobane outworked Sacramento midfielder Danny Crisostomo for the ball and banged it into the far side of the net.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 12 July 2026
Nosková banged an ace to set up her sixth championship point, then sent a 115 mph serve that Muchová couldn’t return to seal the match.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of banged

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The Malibu then crossed back over the highway and collided with a concrete barrier in the median, state police said.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
The fivesome’s vehicle collided with the back of a trailer truck, killing all three adults instantly; the kids, meanwhile, suffered minor injuries.

— Emma Banks, InStyle, 20 July 2026

Definition of collided

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And then, suddenly, a male orca soared into view, belly up, and smashed his head into the dead fish.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
Beyond shooting incidents, a recent American Civil Liberties Union report found dozens of incidents across eight states since January 2025 where immigration officers rammed into people's cars, smashed vehicle windows and struck people with cars.

— Juliana Kim, NPR, 22 July 2026

Definition of smashed

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Germany crashed out of the tournament in a shock Round of 32 defeat to underdog Paraguay after a dramatic penalty shootout.

— Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Multiple people were injured, including one critically, after a seaplane with 11 people aboard, crashed off the coast of Washington state, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and local authorities.

— ABC NEWS, ABC News, 23 July 2026

Definition of crashed

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Runners advanced on a sacrifice bunt from Drew Cavanhaugh, and Luis Arraez knocked the game’s first run across with a sacrifice fly to center.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
The figure knocked, appeared to exchange words with someone at the door and was then allowed inside.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of knocked

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As thousands of professors at in the University of California system say the students entering their classrooms are increasingly under-prepared for university-level math, the university’s timely graduation rates just hit all-time highs.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
Average daily rates in Miami hit $302 for both game nights and eves, according to AirDNA.

— Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

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