SLAMMING Synonyms: 214 Similar and Opposite Words

slamming

verb

Definition of slamming next

present participle of slam

as in shutting

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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as in knocking

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner she slammed the ball deep into center field

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as in bumping

to come into usually forceful contact with something the car slammed into the wall with a fearful crunch

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as in attacking

to criticize harshly and usually publicly slammed the cast members for forgetting their lines on opening night

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Recent Examples of slamming Phillips then allegedly rushed the officer, wrapped his arms around him and lifted him off the ground before slamming him onto the pavement, leaving the officer with a concussion and a head laceration. —

Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026 Avoid hard acceleration or slamming the brakes Maintaining a steady speed while driving is another way to maximize fuel efficiency. —

Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026 Grenell’s tenure was marked by controversy every step of the way, which Grenell met with combative defiance, often slamming artists that criticized the center’s decisions. —

Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026 He was caught on camera slamming his Honda into the side entrance of the international headquarters of Chabad, the Hasidic Orthodox Jewish organization, on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, sending a crowd nearby scrambling. —

Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026 Now, further observations of the aftermath of the mission – which entailed intentionally slamming a vehicle into a space rock – is revealing something unexpected in the binary system of asteroids. —

Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026 John brings everything slamming back to reality, and the cabin quickly loses its sexy luster. —

Meg Walters, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2026 Warroad’s Rodrick Jackson played a one-two with Gavin Andersen before slamming a shot off Hibbing/Chisholm’s goalie Gavin Lamphere. —

Andrew Cornelius, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2026 Ben Stiller has since responded, slamming the usage of Tropic Thunder. —

Glenn Garner, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026

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If the plan had been to run the Kennedy Center into the ground so completely that shutting it down was the only option, Grenell aced the assignment.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2026
Intersectionality – a concept originally designed to show how different forms of disadvantage overlap – is now regularly used to justify shutting Jews out of progressive coalitions and solidarity campaigns.

— Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026