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 surfer who made the report was not bumped, bitten or otherwise hurt by the shark, Peters said. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 Jay just gets bumped from one squishy chamber of viscous lumps to another, fighting like hell to avoid following his squid adversary through a puckering hole and deeper into the digestive system, where the air turns into methane. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026 The worm, however impossible to miss, is shoved, bumped, and pushed around with everyone else in the stifling subway car. — Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026 Being bumped to a relief role required some selflessness from Seymour and Jax — both of whom began the season in the bullpen and were transitioned to the rotation. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2026 Cooper went from the active roster to getting bumped down to the practice squad and now off the team entirely in a matter of about 10 days. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026 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 After a month, McCaffery bumped the listing price down to $915,000 from $925,000. — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 28 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

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Shortly after, Wilcox slammed on the brakes, jumped out of his vehicle, took out a loaded semi-automatic handgun and fired three gunshots at the officer, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Simon has weakened to a Category 2 storm, its eye remaining just offshore as its most powerful winds and rain slammed communities between the Sierra Madre and the ocean and were forecast to persist off the coast of Puerto Vallarta.

— JAIMIE DING, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of slammed

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Garrett Mitchell walked, rookie Cooper Pratt laid down a sacrifice bunt and light-hitting Luis Lara banged the next pitch up the middle to score Mitchell from second for the 2-1 lead.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
On this day in 1960, one of the most shocking and iconic Cold War moments unfolded when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev brandished and banged his shoe at the United Nations.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of banged

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Referee Furman South briefly went down to the ice early in the third period when Vegas center Nic Dowd collided with him.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
One person was killed when their car collided with an Independence Police Department patrol vehicle early Sunday, according to police.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of collided

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The storm battered the coast over the weekend with wind, rain and unusually large waves, which tore apart a historic boardwalk and smashed into coastal homes.

— JAIMIE DING, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Waves tore apart a historic boardwalk and smashed against coastal homes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of smashed

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Evidence released in court later appeared to contradict several of the administration's claims, including that Martinez rammed the CBP vehicle and was driving toward Exum when the agent opened fire.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Each block of concrete-limestone mixture was hand-rammed by 11 workers to create a distinctive block.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of rammed

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Prosecutors said Wilcox was hit by gunfire, fell to the ground and fired three more gunshots at the officers.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
The different program sales operations of Skydance hit the Côte d’Azur under their pre-existing Paramount and WB brands.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

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