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 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 Earlier this month, Peacock bumped its pricing, ahead of the new NBA and NFL season. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Fire Stick competitor Roku bumped the prices of its Roku Ultra streaming device $50, from $100 to $150. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 23 Aug. 2026 Punk turned the tables and shoved Owens into Engler, who bumped to the outside. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Keep in mind, though, that you won’t be bumped from a flight in order to make room for a traveler on standby. — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2026 In This Article Kitchen cabinets get a lot of wear since they’re constantly being opened, slammed, and bumped all day long. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2026 Even if Claude had bumped the number all the way to 100 percent, the LLM wouldn’t be eligible for the $1 million. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026

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Oates turned left in front of Mulderrig toward Kingsgate Drive, and the motorcycle slammed into the Cadillac, propelling Mulderrig into the air and leading to his death, both sides agreed.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
But many homeowners locked in low mortgage rates when COVID-19 slammed the economy and sent borrowing costs tumbling; so they are protected if mortgage rates rise in the wake of a Fed raTte hike.

— Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of slammed

Verb

Both banged off the Tropicana Field catwalk in foul territory, nullifying the catch made on both of them.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
The Padres banged the ball all around Petco Park in taking a 3-0 lead on the first 15 pitches from Cole, a Southern California native who gave up three consecutive homers to open a game for the second time in his career.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of banged

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In 2006, a business jet flown by two Americans collided with a Gol Airlines Boeing 737-800 at 37,000 feet over the Amazon jungle in Brazil, according to investigators.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
The big rig collided with the three vehicles ahead, then continued through a fence west of Highway 99 before coming to rest partially blocking the southbound freeway and the 99 Frontage Road.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of collided

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The helicopter, which was used by NBC and Telemundo, crashed about two hours after police say Rios drove her 2004 Ford Expedition the wrong way down a busy avenue, ran a red light and struck a vehicle before hitting the bus.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
On Tuesday, one of those flying newsrooms crashed live on-air and burst into flames, killing three people while reporters were covering the collision of an SUV and a city bus.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of crashed

Verb

Kwok was then thrown from the bench, her legs ripped from her body, according to authorities, before Romero rammed into a parked NYPD auxiliary van.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
Soon, Kylie’s kind boyfriend, Gideon (Xolo Maridueña), gets rammed by a car after picking up flowers for her.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of rammed

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The news comes roughly a month after fellow receiver Ricky Pearsall had knee surgery that knocked him out for the season.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Walmart knocked Harris Teeter from the top spot in 2019 and has dominated the Charlotte market since with 23% of the market share last year.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of knocked

Verb

The helicopter, which was used by NBC and Telemundo, crashed about two hours after police say Rios drove her 2004 Ford Expedition the wrong way down a busy avenue, ran a red light and struck a vehicle before hitting the bus.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Police say Rios drove her 2004 Ford Expedition the wrong way down a busy avenue, ran a red light, and struck another vehicle before hitting the Metro bus.

— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

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