gagged

past tense of gag
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as in vomited
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth the terrible smell of rotting fish made me gag

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as in choked
to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe took a bite that was too large and began to gag

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Recent Examples of gagged The body of a YouTuber, El Pinky, was found showing signs that he had been gagged and bound. Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026 Azim was then beaten, strangled, suffocated with a pillow, gagged, and stuffed in a closet. Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026 My mother felt grit on her skin and the fumes gagged her. Literary Hub, 3 June 2026 This Spanish detective thriller The Marked Woman follows a pair of police officers who are assigned the case of an amnesiac woman found bound and gagged in a shipping container at the Port of Barcelona. K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 May 2026 Victims of Harvey Weinstein have spoken in the past about being gagged by NDAs. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 May 2026 The thieves bound and gagged Mary Kay, per Gavenas, and stole $9,000 worth of different expensive items, including fur coats and jewelry. Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026 In July 2013, Anderson and Walker were found bound, gagged, tortured and shot to death in Anderson’s home, according to police. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026 Everyone is gagged, with their mouths agape and eyes darting around. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gagged
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  • The next day, Djokovic vomited on the court during the fifth set and lost.
    Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Allegedly, so many cinema-goers vomited and fainted during the initial screenings of William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973) that theatre staff had to hand out smelling salts.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
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  • In Kabul, during Eid, the streets and shops were choked with shoppers and revelers.
    Rebecca Blumenstein, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Chief among them is the war in Iran, which analysts view as a stalemate that has choked major maritime arteries for oil and gas.
    Steve Kopack, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026
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  • When Sidney Crosby again delivered Pittsburgh Penguins season tickets to a lucky family on Tuesday, one of the recipients joked that everyone is delighted Crosby is still playing at age 39.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Sowry joked about his group’s long-standing status at the bar, noting that Lippy had even grandfathered him in on original growler pricing years ago.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Gagged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gagged. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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