Thesaurus results for SMACKED

smacked

verb

past tense of smack

as in slapped

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner he smacked the punching bag one final time before heading to the showers

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Recent Examples of smacked Taylor Trammell then smacked his first triple of the year off the brick wall in right field before Allen sent him home with the go-ahead run off Keaton Winn (2-3). — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 When Cunningham went up, Carrington jumped and smacked her in the face. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Wood stayed in the game for a lengthy bottom of the seventh, during which Phillies outfielder Derek Hill smacked a go-ahead grand slam to stir the crowd at Citizens Bank Park. — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Almost two years ago, China’s east coast was smacked by one of the strongest storms in decades, which temporarily halted container operations at both Shanghai and Ningbo ports. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 8 July 2026 Davinson Sánchez smacked his shot off the bar, the first miss of the shootout and handing the Swiss the advantage. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 July 2026 But Earth has been smacked by space rocks in the past, with even the moderate-sized Chelyabinsk incident of 2013 causing reported property damage near its blast site in Russia. — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 7 July 2026 Eury Perez dominated with seven perfect innings, and the Miami Marlins smacked four homers before holding on for a wild 9-8 victory over the host Athletics on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. — Miami Herald, 6 July 2026 Curtis Mead smacked a pinch two-run homer to give Washington a 4-3 lead in the sixth. — CBS News, 24 June 2026

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Verb

After making the grab, Allen celebrated briefly, then slapped hands with Delane.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency authorized to regulate event contract exchanges, slapped multiple states with lawsuits in response.

— Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of slapped

Verb

The highlight of the two going up against each other came when Shough threw a ball up for grabs along the right sideline that Olave came down with, but Downs knocked it out at the last second.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026
Police surrounded the area, knocked repeatedly and called Brown by name, but no one answered.

— Christopher Harris, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of knocked

Verb

Moehrig responded with 103 tackles — one off his 2024 total — while establishing career highs with 14 tackles for loss, three sacks and seven quarterback hits.

— Joseph Person, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
The height of hurricane season looms, and Gulf Coast refineries have in the past been derailed by major hurricanes hitting the Gulf Coast.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of hit

Verb

Four years before the Falcon 9 upper stage crashed near Einstein Crater, for example, part of a Chinese Long March 3C rocket slammed into the moon's far side.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Danon slammed anti-Israel critics for relying on fake terrorist data while Hamas actively hijacked and marked up aid.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of slammed

Verb

Two people who saw the surveillance video recognized the man who punched Wilson as Harris, and one knew him from previous assaults in the area, the complaint said.

— Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 13 Aug. 2026
By Wednesday, Carter said, fallen branches had punched several holes through roofs across the campus, including the administration building.

— Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of punched

Verb

During Sturgeon’s speech, the board walked out and took a brief recess after board President Charles Cush repeatedly banged his gavel and told Sturgeon his speaking time expired.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
That looked like all Boise would need until Madison’s Aaron Edwards banged home a world-class equalizer in the 83rd minute, firing a shot from the left edge of the box and tucking it inside the right post.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of banged

Verb

Poor guy is probably just trying to watch the home run derby in peace and just got drive by whacked by me.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026
Pop, a Romanian, was rolling through another service game when Bobker whacked an easy backhand beyond the baseline.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 July 2026

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