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

In 2003, Libya formally took responsibility for bombing Pan Am 103.

— Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
The meeting came after nearly two weeks of the United States bombing Iran, with Tehran striking back against allies in the region, including a hit on a military base in Jordan that killed three American service members.

— Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

Definition of bombing

Verb

Still, the company says that isn't stopping them from burying miles of line across the state.

— Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Some say that this is partly because both miners and coal companies deliberately hid these figures, secretly burying their dead in the mountains, so as not to show weakness to the enemy.

— Elijah TanAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 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

The release came as Ariana dropped her eighth studio album Petal, which explores themes of overcoming negativity and personal growth, on Friday, July 31.

— Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
Instead of overcoming their fatal flaw and defeating their shadow-self, the titular Eternals are reckoning with their relationship to God and the grand arc of human history.

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 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

Rodri, Spain’s captain and the anchor of the team’s smothering defense during its unbeaten World Cup run, won the Golden Ball award as the outstanding player of the tournament.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
Argentina battled Spain’s smothering defense, but Messi was limited to just 15 touches during the first half, according to ESPN.

— Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026

Definition of smothering

Verb

The family is also adamant that they were told by the hospital that by the time Lopez-Cornejo arrived there on Saturday, his heart was no longer beating.

— Armando Garcia, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
The Giants then pulled off one more buzzer-beating trade by flipping reliever Erik Miller for infielder and former first-rounder Marcelo Mayer, their fifth and final trade of the day.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of beating

Verb

Despite Han Solo's protestations to the contrary, travelling faster than light on screen is usually just as straightforward as dusting crops.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2026
To clean lampshades, Cruz recommends dusting with a lint roller or using soft-brush vacuum attachments on your vacuum.

— Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 27 July 2026