PISTOL-WHIPPED Synonyms: 104 Similar Words

pistol-whipped

verb

past tense of pistol-whip

as in horsewhipped

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Briana Winkle says her son's school principal called to tell her there was video footage of her 7-year-old son, Maddox, being physically assaulted by his teacher inside his special education classroom.

— Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
The members of Transport Workers Union Local 100 are constantly assaulted in incidents ranging from a punch in the face to one in which a train operator was stabbed 11 times and nearly killed.

— John Chiarello, New York Daily News, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of assaulted

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Anyone who follows Florida news knows that the concept of open government isn’t just under threat in this state; it’s being aggressively attacked.

— Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2026
Police developed a theory that Rebekah had been attacked in the trailer and then forcibly removed.

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

Definition of attacked

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The console has already appeared at several maker events, where eager kids have punched and kicked its chunky buttons.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 11 Nov. 2026
Linebacker Nick Bolton punched the ball free from Hall, and Alohi Gilman recovered to set up a short-field touchdown.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of punched

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About 100 people door knocked for Vang in a canvassing event last month that featured divisive political commentator Hasan Piker.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026
Solace in winter is a treacherous landscape where children slip through the ice, men are knocked sideways by muskies, and cars hurl off the road into trees.

— CBS News, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of knocked

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In September 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft smacked into a cosmic rock named Dimorphos at a speed of around 14,000 miles per hour.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2026
Engel smacked two kills and then set the table for two more kills by Isabel Incinelli and Peyton Maulding to spark the comeback.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of smacked

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The altercation erupted after an enraged woman allegedly slapped a fellow speaker with a phone and lunged when challenged on women's rights in Iran.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
The attacker slapped the woman on the buttocks on Bedford and Willoughby Aves.

— Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026

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