rammed

verb

past tense of ram
1
as in bumped
to come into usually forceful contact with something the truck suddenly swerved and rammed into the side of a building

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2
as in crammed
to fit (people or things) into a tight space rammed as many candies into his mouth as he could fit

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3
as in sped
to proceed or move quickly I threw myself out of the way as a car rammed through the crosswalk

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Recent Examples of rammed After the gunfire, Smith rammed his car into Hicks, according to the filing. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026 An adult orca held a dead sunfish in its mouth while a second orca rammed into the carcass at high speed, fragmenting the body. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026 The female released it shortly before the male rammed into it. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 July 2026 Beyond shooting incidents, a recent American Civil Liberties Union report found dozens of incidents across eight states since January 2025 where immigration officers rammed into people's cars, smashed vehicle windows and struck people with cars. — Juliana Kim, NPR, 22 July 2026 The pursuit ended in Montebello after the driver traveled into a center median and a trailing patrol vehicle rammed the SUV. — Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026 The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, said 52-year-old Salgado Araujo had rammed an ICE vehicle, and that a federal agent fired a weapon in self-defense. — ABC News, 14 July 2026 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that Araujo rammed into an ICE vehicle while attempting to evade an arrest and that the officer fired his weapon in self-defense. — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 13 July 2026 The homeland security department has acknowledged officers stopped Salgado Araujo while looking for someone else, but maintains the homebuilder rammed an ICE vehicle while attempting to leave the scene. — Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rammed
  1. bumped
  2. crammed
  3. sped
  4. collided
  5. stuffed
  6. raced
  7. slammed
  8. squeezed
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  • The adjoining high-rise, built in 1960, was expanded with a 16-story addition that horizontally bumped out the existing top dozen floors and put four more stories on the top.
    — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
  • Marcus Garrett bumped knees with a KSU player in the first half and only played nine minutes, scoring five points.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
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  • Imagine you’re crammed inside a 40-foot-tall wooden horse with 20 other guys on a beach.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 16 July 2026
  • All that and Muppets will be crammed into an 11-minute set curated by Martin on behalf of the anti-poverty group Global Citizen, which is producing this unprecedented musical interlude.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026
Definition of crammed
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  • Kevitt lost his right leg in a 2013 hit-and-run collision in Griffith Park while riding his bicycle after the car sped off and dragged him down a freeway onramp.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • Police say Wright sped up and drove toward them, striking the man so hard that he was sent into the air before landing on the roadway.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Definition of sped
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  • The Malibu then crossed back over the highway and collided with a concrete barrier in the median, state police said.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
  • The fivesome’s vehicle collided with the back of a trailer truck, killing all three adults instantly; the kids, meanwhile, suffered minor injuries.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 20 July 2026
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  • Expect pita foldies stuffed with wagyu, ahi tuna or falafel, breakfast pitas, smash burgers, Jamaican beef patties, vegan soft serve and smoothies like the Island Love (coconut milk, ginger) and the Queen City (matcha, kale, pineapple).
    — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 21 July 2026
  • Part of her body was stuffed into the cadaver bag; other parts into a garbage bag.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Definition of stuffed
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  • Huffy, a brand once dismissed by some but historically durable and even Olympic-raced, has successfully reinvented itself in the e-bike market.
    — William Roberson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Right fielder Wilyer Abreu raced home, tying the game at 4-4.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of raced
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  • Moments later the Tesla Model 3 raced down a residential street in Katy, Texas, at highway speeds, slammed into a brick home and killed a 76-year-old woman standing in the front room.
    — Bernard Condon, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • Ingrid Simonovic, president of the NYC Deputy Sheriffs Benevolent Association, repeatedly slammed Miranda’s treatment of her members during his tenure.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026
Definition of slammed
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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
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