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 This time the Panthers surpassed that point total in a single game, but lost anyway because their defense got creamed. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Sep. 2026 In a mixer bowl, beat the butter, margarine, and cream cheese at high speed for 5 minutes until fully creamed. — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026 Clarity is the butter creamed with sugar. — Kent Merrell, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 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
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Verb
  • The Pakistani Information Ministry rejected a claim by Afghanistan's Defense Ministry that Afghanistan had destroyed a Pakistani post near the southern Afghan border town of Spin Boldak, opposite the Pakistani city of Chaman.
    — MUNIR AHMED, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Saudi Arabia said earlier this month that its air defenses destroyed a Houthi drone headed for the holy city of Mecca, a claim the group denied.
    — Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
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  • After learning that Manchester whipped Maggie with a cat-o’-nine-tails, Lizzie agrees to help the Borden family’s maid kill her.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
  • That sort of whipped, inswinging ball from Slater that caused so much havoc is hugely familiar to avid Premier League watchers.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The block that houses Monarch Donuts will soon be demolished as construction starts on a new retail and residential development called the Arcadia Town Center.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Part of the former Bob Jones Shoes building in the Crossroads could be demolished.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026
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  • Most of these were later destroyed when the family house was bombed during the Lebanese Civil War of 1975.
    — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
  • In 2025, American and Israeli forces had bombed Iran’s nuclear-enrichment facilities, which Western leaders said were engaged in a decades-long drive to develop a nuclear weapon.
    — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
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  • Before the attack, millions of books a year were printed in this space, where there’s now nothing but piles of swollen book stock, ruined after firefighters put out the blaze.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • In a defense memo, Pattis characterizes Diamantis as a broken and financially ruined former politician and lawyer who at 70 might not survive a long prison sentence.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 14 Sep. 2026
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  • Since the early 2010s, spending per Medicare beneficiary had largely flattened.
    — Aric Coffman, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • In Lois Lowry’s dystopian novel The Giver, a world of human complexity has been flattened deliberately to remove the inconvenient excesses of emotion and feeling.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
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  • The plant’s interior pot has drainage holes, hidden in the cachepot, so your plant won’t drown and your hardwoods won’t get wrecked.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2026
  • This may then seem like yet another story about how Trump has wrecked norms and corrupted the rule of law.
    — James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
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  • Noah Kim threw two touchdown passes and the Eastern Michigan defense smothered Lindenwood to help post a 29-3 win on Saturday.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2026
  • One holdover from the previous establishment is Nettie’s lasagna ($33), a robust slab of bechamel and noodles smothered in cheese — pure comfort food.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Creamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creamed. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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