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 The 24-year-old was smoking marijuana every day and also drinking excessively, and got in trouble with the Rockies last season when he was caught smoking during a game at Isotopes Park. — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoking

Verb

For decades, advocates of bombing Iran argued that such an attack might be messy but would ultimately remove the Iranian threat.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of bombing

Verb

He’s spent the last week whipping senators to support it and even enlisted former Alabama football coach Nick Saban to dial up undecided lawmakers, according to people familiar with the matter.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of whipping

Verb

Despite ongoing hurdles around interconnection queues and grid congestion, the scale of deployment shows developers are overcoming technical and regulatory barriers to support rising electricity demand from data centers and electrification.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026
Lorne Balfe From overcoming dyslexia with early synths to navigating AI, remote recording, and spatial audio, the blockbuster composer reveals how technology shapes his scores.

— Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of overcoming

Verb

But the person most excited to play catch with his father, Ron, was Twins manager Derek Shelton, who wasn’t sure his arm would be capable after throwing Buxton batting practice Monday.

— Dan Hayes, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
The 49ers beat the Titans in their last regular-season meeting in December, 37-24, with Purdy throwing three touchdowns and McCaffrey recording a rushing touchdown.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of throwing

Verb

Earlier polling showed Donalds beating Jolly by 5 points, according to the RealClearPolitics average of two polls that surveyed voters on a hypothetical matchup between the two front-runners.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2026
At the 2025 French Open, Loïs Boisson rode her wild card all the way to the semifinals, beating two top-10 players along the way.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026