MUSCLED Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

muscled

verb

Definition of muscled

past tense of muscle

as in forced

to cause (a person) to give in to pressure he was muscled out of command by his opponents at military headquarters

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as in pushed

to force one's way muscling straight through the packed crowd of people waiting to board the ship

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Recent Examples of muscled The Battle Over Economic Imbalance MLB’s Luxury Tax system, or as it is officially called the Competitive Balance Tax (CBT) started in 1997, and the sides have muscled back and forth on its effects since then. — Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 The streaks abruptly ended when De Ketelaere muscled past Cubarsí and headed home a cross from Timothy Castagne for Belgium’s tying goal. — ABC News, 10 July 2026 The 6-foot-1 Courtney has even muscled up more. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 19 June 2026 After Josh Hart missed his second free throw, Robinson muscled his way into the paint, beat 7-foot-4 Wembanyama for the ball and got the offensive rebound. — Mark Prussin, CBS News, 18 June 2026 The House narrowly voted on Tuesday to direct roughly $70 billion to the Department of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, the second multi-billion dollar infusion of money to the agencies in the last year muscled through by Republicans alone. — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 9 June 2026 Instead of ordering an intentional walk to Colson Montgomery with Edgar Quero on deck, Phillies manager Don Mattingly let Bowlan face the Sox slugger, who muscled a broken bat single into right field, bringing home Meidroth with the tying run. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026 But Hamel muscled well more than that extra foot for a three-run home run just two innings later, walking off a 15-1 win in five innings. — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026 Trailing 42-41, DeLand coach Rick Darlington opted to go for the win, and Moore muscled into the end zone on a two-point conversion for the victory 43-42. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2026

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In central Spain, 60,000 were forced from their homes, according to the Spanish interior ministry.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
Paramount could be forced to sell off the WB television production business, but that isn’t worth nearly as much without the studio and the connected library of titles and IP.

— Rick Ellis, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of forced

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President Joe Biden successfully pushed to move South Carolin a to the front of Democrats' 2024 calendar after the state revived his struggling 2020 presidential campaign.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
Why the Navy is investing in counter-UUV capability The proliferation of UUVs among potential adversaries has pushed undersea autonomous threat response up the Navies priority list.

— Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026

Definition of pushed

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Some innocents are coerced into false confessions, like what happened to the Central Park Five.

— Rene Denfeld, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
Sinon grows up as a young man off at war that is coerced by Odysseus to sacrifice themself at the hand of the Trojans, while convincing them into accepting the wooden horse as a gift.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of coerced

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Tournament football isn’t generally conducive to pressing, with so many matches squeezed into such a short window, and without the cohesion that comes from club sides training together for months.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 22 July 2026
My problem is the kart path along the road has 3 or so feet of grass between it and the road, then suddenly the grass narrows and is eventually gone before going over the bridge and everything is squeezed together.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of squeezed

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The prospect of lining up next to one of his few contemporary peers compelled the now-35-year-old Donald to begin an extensive workout program aimed at returning him to football shape.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
That’s true insofar as many other events Bank of America Stadium has compelled as of late — including the MLS All-Star Game, which will take place at the uptown venue next week.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026

Definition of compelled

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The historic Art Deco shops fronting the new hotel along Washington that its developers were obligated to renovate remain fully vacant.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
That means it is not contractually obligated to give up those screens until the Denis Villeneuve film premieres in December.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 22 July 2026

Definition of obligated

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But the Seoul High Court ruled that the shares should be valued at the date that the appellate court concluded its hearing in 2024, before AI drove prices up fivefold.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Garcia drove into Elk Grove, where he was chased by multiple law enforcement patrol cars and helicopters, according to the DA’s Office.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026

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