RABBIT-PUNCHED Synonyms: 109 Similar Words

rabbit-punched

verb

past tense of rabbit-punch

as in knocked down

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Photojournalist Heidi Levine was knocked down, beaten, and robbed of her camera equipment by masked settlers in an attack captured on video by other journalists.

— Cameron Peters, Vox, 16 Oct. 2026
Further details about what could be knocked down and what could built alongside the stadium are to come.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of knocked down

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After losing in 2024, McGinn has repeatedly raised concerns on the campaign trail about Bradley’s absence from a vote in the Senate on legislation named for the Ukrainian refugee fatally stabbed on Charlotte’s light rail.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 16 Oct. 2026
As seen on a surveillance video, the man walked up to the victim, grabbed him, and stabbed him multiple times before fleeing from the scene.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

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Pan and Astaire decked themselves out in long wigs, caftans, round sunglasses, and love beads.

— David Hajdu, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
Riley grinned with his team protecting an eight-point lead in front of a rowdy, record crowd of 114,419 decked in all white at Beaver Stadium on Saturday night.

— Jordan Puente, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

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The organization built a political presence in Texas with lobbying and legislative testimony as the state pushed back on transgender ideology in recent years.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2026
If elected, the younger Bolsonaro, who comports himself as a more moderate version of his father, has been clear on his plans not only to secure his father’s freedom but to punish the top figures in the judiciary who pushed for his prosecution.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026

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Instead, his team developed SynthID, an imperceptible, incorruptible digital watermark now stamped to anything generated by Google AI, but also OpenAI, Nvidia, Kakao, and, soon, Apple.

— Daniel Varghese, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
The rest of the Soviet delegation stamped their feet, and even Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko removed and timidly tapped his shoe in solidarity.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2026

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Selig in essence dumped his team’s AL tradition for a few more home games with the Cubs and their money-spending fans from the North Shore.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Their attackers confronted them there, shot them dead in the early morning hours and then dumped their bodies into a well more than 50 feet deep.

— Fabiola Sánchez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

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This time the Panthers surpassed that point total in a single game, but lost anyway because their defense got creamed.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Sep. 2026
In a mixer bowl, beat the butter, margarine, and cream cheese at high speed for 5 minutes until fully creamed.

— Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of creamed

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Researchers first switched out three of the pairings, then the other three, before eventually changing all six.

— Sean Mccabe, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Only the Houston Astros eventually switched leagues, going from the NL to the AL in another inane MLB decision.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

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