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as in stormed
to express one's anger usually violently
the series of bad calls prompted the coach to rage about the refereeing
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as in steamed
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
still raging about his assistant's burnt pies, the pastry cook forgot to add the egg whites to his cake batter
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Recent Examples of raged
As the controversy raged on, the couple remained boldly unrepentant.
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Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
World leaders have pushed for an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, which has raged for more than three years since Moscow’s February 2022 invasion.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Trump has raged against Powell for most of his chairmanship, and is eager to replace him with a candidate more aligned with his views on the economy.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025
As a then unknown reaction to an antibiotic raged its internal war, my body began to shut down.
—Kari Cobham, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
At least those two are always at the forefront of the heated debate that has raged on for over a decade.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
The agencies asserted that the Belgian Congo gave more raw materials to the Allies than anywhere else in Africa, no minor propaganda point in these years when hunger for materials raged.
—Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
Twenty years ago on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast as a Category 5 storm, raged into New Orleans, and laid the soul of our nation bare.
—Chloe Demrovsky, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
In the nearly two years that war has raged in Gaza, Netanyahu has become ever more explicit in his refusal of a two-state solution.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
World leaders have pushed for an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, which has raged for more than three years since Moscow’s February 2022 invasion.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Trump has raged against Powell for most of his chairmanship, and is eager to replace him with a candidate more aligned with his views on the economy.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025
As a then unknown reaction to an antibiotic raged its internal war, my body began to shut down.
—Kari Cobham, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
At least those two are always at the forefront of the heated debate that has raged on for over a decade.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
The agencies asserted that the Belgian Congo gave more raw materials to the Allies than anywhere else in Africa, no minor propaganda point in these years when hunger for materials raged.
—Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
Twenty years ago on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast as a Category 5 storm, raged into New Orleans, and laid the soul of our nation bare.
—Chloe Demrovsky, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
In the nearly two years that war has raged in Gaza, Netanyahu has become ever more explicit in his refusal of a two-state solution.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raged
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In one incident, his attorney said, Egyptian forces with machine guns stormed into an apartment where Soliman was asleep with his wife and young child.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Protesters stormed the Parliament in Kathmandu, and police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons, and, according to human rights organization Amnesty International, live ammunition.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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The one-Michelin-star kitchen highlights Cantonese dishes, from Xing grouper steamed in lotus leaves to a too-pretty-to-eat tofu chrysanthemum flower.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
2 Sep. 2025
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Instead, green tea leaves are dried and often rolled or steamed to preserve their flavor and aroma before being packaged as loose leaves or in tea bags.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
26 Aug. 2025
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These petite potatoes are boiled, then stir fried, tossed with a salty-sweet sauce and finished with sesame seeds, green onions and pepper flakes.—
Faye Levy,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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The afternoon sun licked the windscreen of the car, and the heat boiled my skin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Raged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raged. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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