GRABBED Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

grabbed

verb

past tense of grab

as in snatched

to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly don't grab my arm like that

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Recent Examples of grabbed His teacher grabbed him and ran him bleeding down the halls, in circles, screaming through the school until help caught up. — Gabriel Winslow-Yost, New Yorker, 30 July 2026 Bryan Kohberger’s innocence claim and the smoky skies of Boise grabbed the attention the past two days. — Chadd Cripe. Produced With Ai Assistance, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2026 So top influencers aren’t necessarily seeing their social posts grabbed more often than ones from smaller accounts built around local or retailer information. — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Boston landed hard on the court and quickly grabbed her right knee as officials called a foul on the play. — Chantz Martin Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026 As celebrity guests and stars escaped the rain, more than a few grabbed a frosty martini from servers standing near the entrance as trays of lobster thermidor tartlets were passed about. — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 July 2026 The man grabbed a gun and told Lewis to get off Bowie-Gardner, according to the court document. — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026 Abuhamra grabbed his three young children — ages 9, 6 and 4 — from their beds on the second floor and handed them down to a city code enforcement officer who happened to be outside at the time. — Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 29 July 2026 Salgado grabbed him by the waist, lifted him in the air and slammed him against the ground. — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026

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Up in Chicago, rival United — which has been duking it out with American at O’Hare International Airport — snatched up delivery slots for more than 100 Boeing Dreamliners in the last four years.

— Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 19 July 2026
Malonga scored 28 points and snatched a game-high 14 rebounds.

— James Boyd, New York Times, 18 July 2026

Definition of snatched

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The national retailers who seized the opportunity, in turn, helped make the neighborhood still more attractive to affluent newcomers and investors.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026
Tom Slingsby took the bull by the horns and seized an early lead to take a vital victory in Australia’s first heat.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 26 July 2026

Definition of seized

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The breaches signal that AI’s expanding capabilities are already fueling the security threat experts long feared and even top developers can be caught off-guard by flaws their models can exploit.

— Reuters, NBC news, 31 July 2026
Samuel with Washington in 2025 caught 72 passes for 727 yards and scored six total touchdowns, and never signed an extension after his contract ran out.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of caught

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Mbaye, Yassine and Toure are three of five players at the World Cup who had full profiles on the platform, having been captured on film since the age of 14 in their home countries.

— Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 22 July 2026
After the Mac has been cleaned, change its login password because CrashStealer may have captured and validated that credential.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of captured

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But then Lily somehow intuits the core evolutionary idea behind a man competing at naked limbo with a group of monkeys, even though neither Kaylin as explainer nor Zac as performer got what Lisa’s drawing was conveying.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 July 2026
Something as rudimentary as remembering the play calls as training camp got underway, was also top of mind.

— Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 28 July 2026

Definition of got

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On this trip, Page closed early for runway work, forcing some guests into a five-hour drive from Las Vegas, while a lucky few snagged the last helicopter transfer.

— Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 26 July 2026
Ellis collected his fifth assist in 10 appearances and Marin snagged his fourth — after entering in the 69th minute.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

Definition of snagged

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