CROAKED Synonyms: 176 Similar and Opposite Words

croaked

verb

past tense of croak

as in complained

to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely the cranky patient was always croaking to the nurses about something

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as in died

slang to stop living I wouldn't go around saying your great-grandmother "croaked"

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as in killed

slang to deprive of life "I croaked the old bugger," he bragged

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as in assassinated

slang to put to death deliberately hooligans had croaked the street corner wino just for the hell of it

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Recent Examples of croaked Depp, in character, croaked at the large crowd assembled on the street. — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 July 2026

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Kenya’s global athletics icons, including 1500m world-record holder Faith Kipyegon, have complained over the poor state of training facilities across the country.

— Martin K.N Siele, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Haitian police officers have complained that the foreign soldiers are reluctant to confront gangs or hold territory taken back from gangs.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of complained

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Juan Atkins, the originator of techno music and a founding member of the electronic music group Cybotron, has died at the age of 64.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026
Both victims were University of Colorado Boulder students, and the Boulder County Coroner's Office will release the identity of the victim who died, according to a news release from the city of Boulder.

— Eric Mack , Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of died

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Three people were killed after two helicopters collided midair near an airport in Oregon on Thursday afternoon, October 29, prompting an investigation by federal aviation authorities.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
The presidency has been vacant since President Jovenel Moïse was killed in 2021.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of killed

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In Cucuta, next to the border with Venezuela, authorities are investigating the murder of a former deputy mayor, who was assassinated on Monday night while on his way home.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
In Cucuta, next to the border with Venezuela, authorities are investigating the murder of a former deputy mayor, who was assassinated Monday night on his way home.

— Manuel Rueda, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

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Rays third baseman Junior Caminero screamed in the dugout after Milwaukee had rallied to tie the game.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Still only a teenager whose magical passes screamed louder than any of his two-word interview answers ever could, Doncic didn’t say a word with Real Madrid, his longtime Spanish agent Quique Villalobos said.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

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In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of fell

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Both the rocket and the camera were destroyed after crashing into the Earth at a speed of about 340 miles per hour.

— Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Cities outside Paris have been hit hard by the unrest, including Limoges where a fire nearly destroyed the 19th-century city hall.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of destroyed

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Detectives from the start suspected Panetti had been murdered.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
It was consecrated by James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, young Black and Jewish men murdered together in 1964 for their work to register Black voters.

— Seth Limmer, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

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