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slam
Synonyms and Antonyms of slam
- I gave the stubborn nail one last slam with the hammer.
bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, blow, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, lash, lick, pelt, plump, poke, pound, punch, rap, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, switch, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop (also whap)
counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstroke
body blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercut
cruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KO
battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling (or cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing
- shut the door with a loud slam
- the sudden slam of my head against the low hanging branch
slam
Synonyms and Antonyms of slam
- Please don't slam the door every time you step out.
- She slammed the ball deep into center field.
batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lick, mangle, maul, pelt, pepper, pommel, pummel, rough
bump, butt, jab, jostle, kick, knee, poke, prod, push, shove, stamp
bowl (down or over), cream, deck, fell, floor, knock down, level
cane, club, cudgel, flail, flog, lash, sap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, spear, stab, switch, thrash, whip
hang one on
- The car slammed into the wall with a fearful crunch.
- slammed the cast members for forgetting their lines on opening night
beat up on, light into, sail into, tie into
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