conked

verb

past tense of conk
as in beaned

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conked
  1. stabbed
  2. clubbed
  3. flailed
  4. lashed
  5. slashed
  6. speared
  7. sapped
  8. switched
Verb
  • Police have arrested a 27-year-old former NYPD cop and city substitute school aide for the murder of Brooklyn jogger Katie Suarez, who was stabbed to death during a run along the Brooklyn waterfront, multiple police sources said Saturday.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Prosecutors say the teen stabbed a 16-year-old boy in the upper chest with a 4-inch kitchen knife, seriously injuring the victim.
    — Jennifer McLogan, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of stabbed
Verb
  • The MacIvors were strangled with ties, and Michael was also clubbed on the head, according to the Herald’s archives.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Art Basel fairs are clubbed under the MCH Group’s Community Platforms division, which was almost solely responsible for the jump in revenue according to Artnet News.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of clubbed
Verb
  • The rat bit and tore and scratched while the snake twisted and flailed.
    — Madeline ffitch, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
  • And for the next 17 years, SunZia flailed, never even breaking ground.
    — Sara Herschander, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of flailed
Verb
  • When the gales of November came early, as the song goes, large waves and intense wind lashed the ship on her final voyage.
    — Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Heavy rains lashed the Gaza Strip, flooding tents and intensifying the misery of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of lashed
Verb
  • Ionis Pharmaceuticals lost more than $1 billion in market value on Monday after the company slashed sales projections for a triglyceride-lowering drug the biotech and Wall Street analysts believe is a potential blockbuster.
    — Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Milei’s austerity drive has produced a rare budget surplus and slashed annual inflation from 200% to about 32%.
    — Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of slashed
Verb
  • Try not to squeal like a 5-year-old when the foot-tall sparkler speared into the sundae is lit.
    — Lisa Shames, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Young Bucks went for a BTE Trigger, but Cope accidentally speared Cage while trying to break it up.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of speared
Verb
  • In the last quarter-century, relentless drought intensified by climate change has sapped the river’s flow and left its reservoirs severely depleted.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Anyway, the only bummer was Toka completely blew out Savu, so a bit of the drama got sapped, which means the purple tribe was facing their first Tribal Council.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of sapped
Verb
  • Far more Democrats renounced their party affiliation or switched to Republican than the other way around over the past two years.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The Camas boy, who switched to the girls' team midseason, was nowhere to be found.
    — Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of switched
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