variants
also sicked
as in attacked
to take sudden, violent action against
commanded the attack dogs to "sic 'em"
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sicced
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At least four people were killed and eight were injured after a gunman attacked a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints service in Michigan on Sunday morning, police said.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025 -
Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy and Odesa were also attacked, President Voloydmyr Zelenskyy said in a post to Telegram.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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Federal authorities raided and arrested Smith before that encounter happened.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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The following day, agents raided her husband’s home and business, Century Homebuilders Group, in Coral Gables.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
29 Sep. 2025
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The story of a Louisville man charged in connection to the murder of his fiancée had not fully unraveled when he was acquitted in 1991.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Oct. 2025
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Stryker also faces a charge of possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18 and Sonneman is charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Johnson’s embrace of the president struck some of his critics in El Salvador and Washington as excessive for a diplomat.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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The earthquake struck at a depth of 4 miles, with its epicenter approximately 9 miles west of Johannesburg.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Sicced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sicced. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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