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 Laughing, smoking cigarettes, and sipping bottles of Red Stripe, numerous packs of Black folks lounged around the joint. — Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026 The most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention figures tracking smoking in young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 date to 2022—then around 5 percent of that group reported smoking cigarettes. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026 Equally important was Grace Kelly’s decision to avoid smoking at a time when cigarettes were commonplace among Hollywood’s biggest stars. — Colleen Sullivan, InStyle, 6 Aug. 2026 The raging seas were thundering and smoking in foam-laced fury at its base. — James D. Oxley, Outdoor Life, 5 Aug. 2026 New research links not having high blood pressure, not having diabetes, and not smoking with nearly 13 extra years of dementia-free life, on average. — Rob Williams, EverydayHealth.com, 5 Aug. 2026 The 2017 heart attack left Banderas, 66, motivated to make some big changes, from quitting smoking to moving back to his hometown of Málaga, Spain. — Julie Jordan, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026 Gurwitz emphasized the importance of managing high blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes, not smoking, and eating a heart-healthy diet. — Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 3 Aug. 2026 Holt-Lunstad led a meta-analysis of 148 studies tracking millions of people over years and often decades, finding that chronic loneliness and isolation carry a mortality risk comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoking

Verb

The government has intensified firefighting efforts across Sumatra and Borneo islands, deploying more than 35 aircraft including water-bombing helicopters and patrol airplanes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
In 2003, Libya formally took responsibility for bombing Pan Am 103.

— Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

Definition of bombing

Verb

In Bosnia, people are still identifying and burying their dead 31 years after the Srebrenica massacre.

— Lina Sergie Attar, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
For the three children of the stranger who had returned to seek refuge, fifteen years had passed between the collective joy of independence and the personal tragedy of burying their father in a graveyard already full of their uncles’ memories.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of burying

Verb

Battered cars with numbers sprayed on their sides are whipping around the dirt track of the Lebanon Valley Speedway, loose fenders flopping like overgrown bangs in the swirling dust.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026
Iguanas usually go viral for other reasons Iguanas are usually quick-moving and run away from their would-be captors with their long tails whipping behind them.

— Julia Gomez, USA Today, 24 July 2026

Definition of whipping

Verb

Beyond his fighting career, McGee is celebrated for his inspirational journey of overcoming drug addiction, having been sober for over two decades.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
But he’ll best be known for overcoming a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow, suffered in 1974.

— David K. Li, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of overcoming

Verb

Prosecutors said that a confrontation developed between Levi and some of the villagers who had gathered to stop the backhoe by throwing stones.

— Kara Fox, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Most people think that boxing matches are won by throwing the most punches, but fights are actually won by controlling the ring.

— Serhii Zakharov, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of throwing

Verb

Even had Guardiola stayed on, City would probably be playing a more direct brand of football next season, with players more suited to beating a man and covering ground than playing a thousand million passes.

— Sam Lee, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
He was initially handed a 3 1/2-year sentence in 2022 when he was convicted of beating a police officer after being taken off a train for causing a disturbance.

— CBS News, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026