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 Recent research from the Concerned Women of America found that transgender athletes have bumped biological women out of 2,293 championship spots since the mid-1980s. — Matt Calkins Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Adelaide’s arrival even bumped Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (King Charles’s youngest brother), out of the top 15 spots. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 20 Sep. 2026 Google bumped the Pixel Watch 5 by $50, bringing it to an identical $399 base price as Apple's entry model. — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026 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 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

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Mahomes was slammed on his back and Robinson’s 265 pounds landed on top of him.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
But others have slammed the effort as a pretentious and obnoxious slog.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of slammed

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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

Verb

Larson lost control on the final stretch, hit the wall and collided with Tyler Reddick, who slid into the infield but still recovered to finish third.

— Frankie Frisco, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
The other deceased person was inside a silver Jeep that collided with the school bus.

— Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of collided

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Space debris is generated not only by kinetic space weapons but also when satellites collide and get smashed into countless fragments and smaller particles that travel at high velocity and are capable of destroying or damaging more spacecraft.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
The thief reportedly smashed a window near the rear of the museum to gain entry.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of smashed

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Here again, actors deploying crypto’s financial heft crashed through boundaries that would have earlier been difficult for artists to circumnavigate without having achieved legitimacy through more conventional pathways in existing hierarchies.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
The plane that crashed was built in 1994 and originally went into service as a passenger plane before being converted to carry cargo in 2016, according to the NTSB report.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of crashed

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According to the military and law enforcement, a Palestinian man rammed his car into a security checkpoint Wednesday afternoon near the settlement of Beit Horon, seriously wounding the officer.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
The Detroit-area Temple Israel was attacked on March 12 when a 41-year-old man rammed his truck packed with fireworks and gasoline deep into the building.

— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of rammed

Verb

Pike attacked her, knocked her to the ground and hit her in the face with her knee and foot, according to court documents.

— Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
The crash scattered pieces of the vehicle around the property and damaged a railing, melted plastic and knocked a section of brick from the building's exterior.

— Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of knocked

Verb

Heather is absolutely tickled and lets out a cackle, because that little bit surely hits even harder if the FBI has actually busted up one of your cast trips before.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
In other white-collar fields, like legal services or copywriting, AI is hitting labor markets that were roughly in balance.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

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