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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
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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), a leading advocate for American leadership in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), is slamming President Trump’s support for deals to sell advanced U.S. chip technology to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 15 May 2025 Rosie Gorman, 22, was doing a series of backflips during a cheerleading competition when her shins slammed into a wall, resulting in an injury doctors likened to a car crash, according to The Daily Mail. Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 14 May 2025
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There are also 48 challengers in each slam who are vying to be considered as racers for the next GST season. Adam Crafton, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025 The current world No. 5 was also forced to retire in the semifinal of the Australian Open – the first slam of the season – in January with a leg injury. Julia Andersen, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for slam
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slam
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  • Kelce’s team has appeared in the Super Bowl for three consecutive years, breaking their two-year losing streak earlier this year when the Philadelphia Eagles shut them out of a three-peat win at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 16 May 2025
  • Statues are shown tagged and wrapped before shipment, sealed in wooden crates, drilled shut as if in reverse enslavement, and soon to be carted away by a white crew wearing Covid masks.
    Armond White, National Review, 16 May 2025
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  • On Monday, prosecutors showed the jury footage from a 2016 incident at a Los Angeles hotel in which Combs is shown approaching Ventura in a hallway and knocking her to the floor before kicking her and dragging her back into their hotel room.
    Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • Amid the fighting, one boy punched another in the face, knocking him to the ground, and then began punching several other children.
    Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 14 May 2025
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  • Highlights include two standout school sequences: one involving a bloody volleyball game, the other a swimming class in which Alpha bumps her head badly and clears the water like the shark in Jaws.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
  • Larson crashed during a practice session at Indianapolis, as his No. 17 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet spun out and bumped into the wall.
    Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2025
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  • While in federal prison, according to the Bureau of Prisons, Stroud attacked another inmate, resulting in his transfer to USP Leavenworth.
    Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2025
  • An adult son had attacked his mother with a machete and ran to a nearby house, according to police.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2025
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  • President Donald Trump has failed to make Ed Martin the permanent U.S. prosecutor for the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., in what is a blow to his administration's goals.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
  • The endorsement is also a blow to former Ohio State University football coach and Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel, who was considering entering the gubernatorial race, as well as Attorney General Dave Yost, who is running to succeed DeWine.
    Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 9 May 2025
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  • Trust me, coming from a girl with bangs ... that stuff REALLY works.
    Hedy Phillips, People.com, 9 May 2025
  • The name might not scream sophistication, but this high-proof bourbon is a fantastic bang for your buck.
    Emily Price, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
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  • Seven inmates are still at large on May 19 after escaping from a New Orleans jail through a hole behind a toilet.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 20 May 2025
  • Boyd and Price were also in jail on serious charges.
    Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
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  • The collision of the Cuauhtémoc with the Brooklyn Bridge comes just 16 months after a massive cargo ship plowed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge.
    Jade Walker, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
  • This replenishment likely comes from collisions between dwarf planets, cometary nuclei, micrometeoroids and other flotsam and jetsam lurking in the dark of the debris disk.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 May 2025

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“Slam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slam. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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