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as in to shut
to shove into a closed position with force and noise please don't slam the door every time you step out

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Recent Examples of slam
Verb
Rubio also slammed the Venezuelan leadership’s involvement in the drug trade. Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025 The 4-year-old reportedly told police Gardner kicked, slammed and bit the boy before pushing him down a flight of stairs. Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Sep. 2025
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His performance Saturday won’t erase the memories of the Freeman slam, one of the most indelible moments in recent baseball history. Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025 The top 104 singles players in the rankings get automatic entry into the four slams. Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 24 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for slam
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slam
Verb
  • The country’s main international airport reopened on Wednesday after being shut for 24 hours because of the violence, spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, Gyanendra Bhul, told CNN.
    Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The foundation will shut its doors in 2045, the year Gates will turn 90.
    Kerry A. Dolan, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • Arkansas held a 16-point lead in the second half against Texas Tech, but the Red Raiders rallied to win 85-83 in overtime to secure a trip to the Elite Eight and knock the Razorbacks out of the tournament.
    Michael Harley, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Even 6 inches of swiftly moving water can forcefully knock you off your feet.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • The job cuts are permanent, and employees will not have bumping rights to other positions.
    Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Few love it as much when leveling the playing field means bumping them down a few notches.
    John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • Charlie was the best of America, and the monster who attacked him was attacking our whole country.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Estonian police said the drone was likely en route to attack targets inside Russia.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Rodgers took four sacks and three other hits, including multiple heavy blows.
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Councilman Edwin Peacock called the incident a blow to public trust and urged both Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) and police to reassess security measures.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Princess Kate has experimented with short layers, sunny highlights, curtain bangs and even anonymously donated seven inches of hair to the Little Princess Trust charity in 2017.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • As for Gladys’s signature micro bangs, Wheat says those came about during the testing process, when the team was playing around with where to pin the wig.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • He is being held on $2 million bail, online jail records show.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • He was eventually sentenced to six years in jail for defrauding investors.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The growing number of satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) also worries space sustainability experts, who warn about the increasing risk of orbital collisions.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The waveforms of those signals serve as an audio fingerprint—in this case, evidence for two black holes spiraling inward toward each other and merging in a massive collision event, sending powerful shock waves across spacetime.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Slam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slam. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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