Thesaurus results for SMOKING

smoking

verb

present participle of smoke, slang

as in bombing

to defeat by a large margin man, they totally smoked us today!

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Recent Examples of smoking Rocky sat up on the bed smoking his pipe and reading about a silk mill on the River Derwent. — Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026 According to Dashika Balak, a doctor who leads Fiji's national HIV treatment, care and support efforts, the risk of HIV transmission has also been exacerbated by a nationwide shift from smoking meth to injecting it. — David Cox, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026 For instance, suppose that smokers are more likely to take GLP-1 medications, and that smoking itself independently increases the risk of bone injuries. — Mark Louie Ramos, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026 Antonelli's day was disrupted by a hydraulic failure which left his car smoking at the side of the track in the first session. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026 The advisory compared the health impact of social disconnection to smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day. — Jessi Anderson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026 Native Americans smoking peyote in ceremony, the CIA experimenting with LSD — tripping was seen as decidedly fringe. — Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026 Beachgoers are now prohibited from smoking cigarettes or using e-cigarettes and vaping devices on public beaches in Indian Rocks Beach. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Television drama began to address what came to be known as 9/11 while Ground Zero was still smoking. — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoking

Verb

Ukraine has been systematically bombing some of those refineries, severely curtailing the global supply of diesel fuel.

— Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
The person in the White House has asked Ukraine to stop bombing Russian refineries and oil/gas/diesel facilities.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of bombing

Verb

Revenue suffered during the shutdown, burying the company in a hole of debt with little chance of climbing out.

— Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
People are already burying the Chargers and this line moved from nearly double-digits (Chargers -9½) to under the key number of 7.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of burying

Verb

In whipping rain and wind in New Jersey, the New York Giants held on for a 12-7 win in their first game since quarterback Jaxson Dart suffered a season-ending knee injury.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
Goalkeeper Emi Martinez floated a ball over Ezri Konsa to Rogers, who exchanged passes with Joao Pedro before shifting sharply onto his right foot and whipping a shot just wide of David Raya’s far post.

— Liam Twomey, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of whipping

Verb

That included overcoming injuries to Jose Ramirez, Angel Martínez and rookie Chase DeLauter.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
The researchers found that the material could undergo helicity-independent magnetization reversal, overcoming a major constraint of earlier approaches.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of overcoming

Verb

Its new Home Cinema LS5000, LS6000, and LS7500 home theater projectors join the existing LS11000 flagship, with all four capable of throwing images as large as 300 inches.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2026
There’s a dictator, and that’s the guy that’s throwing the yellow hankies.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of throwing

Verb

The Minnesota defense stopped Love on a sneak, and from that point on, the defense was smothering, applying pressure at the perfect time.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
Wildfires are ripping across parts of Indonesia, destroying precious peatland and smothering the country in a toxic smoke so thick, people are struggling to breathe.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of smothering

Verb

Evening jackets were everywhere on the fall runways—floor-dusting velvet opera coats, sharp tuxedos, and metallic brocade—while the key occasion dress emerged as a flapper-style drop waist.

— Madeline Fass, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2026
How To Deep Clean Stained Wood Baseboards For stained wood baseboards, Matthews advises dusting using a dry microfiber cloth and Murphy’s Oil or a wood cleaning oil (remove excessive dirt and crumbs with a vacuum cleaner first).

— Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2026