Thesaurus results for SIDESWIPE

sideswipe

verb

as in to hit

US to cause the side of a vehicle to come into forceful contact with the side of another vehicle The taxi sideswiped a parked car.

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Recent Examples of sideswipe The Mazda6 driver exited onto Ohio 747 where the vehicle sideswiped a silver SUV before driving northbound. —

Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Mar. 2026 Williams was found dead behind the wheel of his gray Chevrolet Equinox after sideswiping three vehicles before coming to a stop outside the Coney Island Houses, about a block from where the shooting was reported. —

Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026 The driver sideswiped one vehicle near Exit 33, then continued and caused a three-vehicle crash at milepost 32 beneath the Middleton Road overpass, the post states. —

Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2026 Ramirez-Mesa barrelled through the intersection, sideswiping the 4Runner before crashing into the driver’s side of the Sonata, deputies say. —

Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sideswipe

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