Synonyms of sideswiped

sideswiped

verb

past tense of sideswipe

as in 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.

Related Words

• hit
• bumped
• contacted
• rammed
• swiped
• struck
• knocked
• collided
• swept
• smacked
• crashed
• touched
• slammed
• scraped
• smashed
• whacked
• clashed
• impacted
• skipped
• impinged
• bashed
• thudded
• glanced
• nudged
• thwacked
• rebounded
• bounced
• ricocheted
• caromed
• brushed
• kissed
• grazed
• skirted
• shaved
• skimmed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sideswiped

However, the truck fled and sideswiped a vehicle in traffic, police said. — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2026

Corle, taken completely by surprise, was sideswiped by the massive bear and sent tumbling face first into a thick clump of brush. — Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026

Shortly afterward, another officer was nearly sideswiped by the Civic near Shackleford Road, which led to the pursuit on I-430, the release says. — Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2026

Hawaii cleans up after Hurricane Lala Communities struggled to recover after Tropical Storm Lala sideswiped Hawaii as a Category 1 hurricane, sparing the islands a direct hit but dumping more than 3½ feet of rain that caused catastrophic flooding. — Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026

The sedan the boys were driving sideswiped another vehicle traveling in the opposite direction and lost control, striking Bowling near 35th Avenue and Mangels Avenue, the Oakland police previously told PEOPLE. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026

In addition to getting divorced after the Fox 11 job, she was later sideswiped by financial woes and a devastating health scare. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026

The man then lost control of the bike and sideswiped a Subaru Legacy that was in the left lane, state police said. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026

The victim had been riding as a passenger in a Jeep driving on Hudson Street that was sideswiped by a Ford pickup truck exiting a driveway near a Shell gas station, authorities said. — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 16 July 2026