creamed

past tense of cream
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as in destroyed
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of the head-on collision creamed the brand-new car in an instant

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Recent Examples of creamed Occasionally, the butter in quickbreads is creamed (whipped with sugar until fluffy) but more often, it’s melted or oil is used in its place. Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026 Adding the lemon zest to the sugar and butter when creamed together helps to extract the fragrant oils from the lemon zest. Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 11 May 2026 The beaters also creamed the butter and sugar faster than any other mixer, producing a perfectly light and fluffy texture. Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for creamed
Verb
  • The fire burned more than 60 acres and destroyed several structures, including homes, according to CBS Los Angeles.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2026
  • More than 400 were destroyed in accordance with nuclear arms treaty agreements.
    Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 16 June 2026
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  • The combination of sugar snap peas and whipped tofu with a sizzling oil drizzle is a meatless stunner.
    Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, 10 June 2026
  • Merchants in fine suits rode in carriages or on sedan chairs while enslaved people lugging carts and crates wore dirty, threadbare clothing and could be publicly whipped or burned to death for misbehavior.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 9 June 2026
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  • Last week, an iconic cafe was demolished at the base of the structure, and on Sunday, some residents were wondering if excavation work three weeks ago may have contributed to the pier's collapse.
    John Ramos, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • For her trouble, she was demolished in the general election by Jerry Brown, 54-41.
    Garry South, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
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  • When Moscow started blitzing Ukraine’s cities and communications towers with exploding missiles, the Western satellite colossus Intelsat swiftly mapped out strategies to keep the country from being bombed into an informational black hole.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • In our group chat, someone says when Israel bombed Evin Prison, the notorious political prison in Tehran, at least a hundred trans prisoners were buried alive underground.
    Neda Maghbouleh August 18, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • That's when the PAW Patrol has to step in to stop Humdinger before the island is ruined!
    Sari Hitchins, Parents, 10 June 2026
  • But Wembanyama and the Spurs ended the streak and ruined the Knicks’ first home NBA Finals game since 1999.
    Brian Mahoney, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
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  • Her organization had flattened aggressively eighteen months earlier.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Everything’s been flattened out.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 7 June 2026
Verb
  • The six jurors in George Pino’s vessel-homicide and manslaughter trial took a road trip to North Miami on Thursday morning to view his boat, which was wrecked in the crash that killed a teenage girl and severely injured two others.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
  • And for the first time this season, the cars wrecked completely flat-out; with no long straights and plenty of braking zones, the cars were not energy-limited for once this season.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026
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  • After their discovery, those remains were transferred to the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, also known as Punchbowl, in Hawaii and buried in a grave of unknowns, according an agency press release.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025
  • To address this, PG&E relocated the pipeline approximately 100 feet downstream and buried it approximately 20 feet beneath the creekbed.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025

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“Creamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creamed. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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