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sideswiped

verb , past tense of sideswipe

Synonyms and Antonyms of sideswiped

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.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of sideswiped

bumped, contacted, scraped, struck, swept, swiped, touched

bashed, bumped, clashed, collided, crashed, hit, impacted, impinged, knocked, rammed, slammed, smacked, smashed, swiped, thudded, thwacked, whacked

bounced, caromed, glanced, rebounded, ricocheted (also ricochetted), skipped

brushed, grazed, kissed, nudged, shaved, skimmed

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