scragged

Definition of scraggednext
past tense of scrag

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scragged
Verb
  • The pain was particularly acute for worshippers who knew people who had been murdered or kidnapped by Hamas fighters.
    Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Just months before launch, a white police officer murdered George Floyd in the streets of Minneapolis.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • News that Anthropic is testing its powerful new artificial intelligence model throttled enterprise software stocks, including cybersecurity names that should never be lumped in with the rest.
    Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Oil giants like Saudi Arabia and Iraq slashed production as their exports have been throttled by the Hormuz closure.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Thus, the bases were empty when Abreu whacked a double off the wall in left-center, a few feet too short of a second home run.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Ulta Beauty shares are getting whacked this morning, down over 7%.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The woman told officers during an argument, Dickson pushed her into a dresser, choked her and slammed her head into the wall.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Manning allegedly punched and kicked Hartman in the face and torso, scratched her, choked her and grabbed her by the hair and slammed her against the floor and wall.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Nova — who was working a second job as a delivery driver to provide for his family — had a little more than $100 on him when he was robbed and butchered.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
  • And so the buffalo were butchered and sold for their tongues and hides, and their bones were ground and used for fine china.
    Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The four-time All-Star and two-time all-league guard finished seventh in NBA MVP voting in each of the last two seasons.
    CBS News, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • By the early summer, most of the bass have finished spawning in the shallows and have now pushed back to deeper water to find their summer haunts.
    Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • That’s a dynamic that strangled the labor market.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
  • As of March 23, 2026, the global energy market is no longer governed by the invisible hand of economics; it is being strangled by the rigid, non-negotiable laws of engineering.
    Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Until now, wastewaters were neutralized with sulfuric or hydrochloric acid before discharge.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
  • What to Know Turkey’s Defense Ministry said a ballistic missile determined to have been launched from Iran was detected entering or heading toward Turkish airspace and was neutralized by NATO air and missile defense assets deployed in the Eastern Mediterranean.
    Steve Mollman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
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“Scragged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scragged. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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