KEELED (OVER) Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

keeled (over)

verb

past tense of keel (over)

as in fainted

to lose consciousness I swear I'll keel over if you make me dissect a frog

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The details of Ivester’s murder are so haunting that a juror fainted during Thompson’s trial.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026
Their children, meanwhile, were euphoric about this ghoulish interruption to their day, although some experienced nausea, and the theater kids, who felt things deeply, wept and fainted, or did their best to faint.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of fainted

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On the first day of training camp, Burke passed out note cards to every Texans defensive player as their opening meeting began.

— Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
After a 2-year-old drowned in a backyard swimming pool in July 2025, Fatehi considered filing felony murder charges against his mother, who had passed out from drinking at the time of the accident.

— N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of passed out

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Many items logged as physical evidence at the scene — outside of vehicle debris, a brown sweater, backpack, U-lock, keys and scuff marks — were blacked out in the report.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
One of the show’s largest works, Discovered (1963), places that couple on a white background, though the man’s eye has been almost blacked out.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of blacked out

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