SNAPPED (UP) Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

snapped (up)

verb

past tense of snap (up)

as in grabbed

to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly I snapped up the last remaining cupcake before anyone else could get their mitts on it

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One of the officers grabbed a protester who was filming him and deployed pepper spray after a brief struggle.

— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026
The story grabbed worldwide attention and ended tragically when the baby’s body was found in the woods just a few miles from home.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of grabbed

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Phillips caught a bad break when her approach to the green hit a tree branch on its upward flight and dropped 20 yards short of the green.

— Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
China was also caught in the regional sell-off, with the tech-heavy STAR Market and the ChiNext Artificial Intelligence Index both tumbling more than 4%.

— Lee Ying Shan,Jenny Lee, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of caught

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But the lid on the rim finally opened for the Dream’s star duo of Angel Reese and Allisha Gray, and Atlanta eventually snatched the lead and went into the second quarter with a two-point cushion.

— Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
In broad daylight, two teenage boys snatched our trick-or-treat bags from our hands and ran.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of snatched

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Authorities also blocked all of the paper’s online platforms, seized its printing house and revoked its media registration.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Italian authorities seized the sailboats, and the activists were reported to prosecutors for allegedly disrupting a public service.

— Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of seized

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His voice, captured on an iPhone microphone, is strikingly deep, a rumble beneath McDoom’s sweetly lilting delivery.

— Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2026
And in Georgia, Democrats captured a governorship in a premier presidential swing state in Tuesday's midterm elections, winning the governor's office for the first time since 1998.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026

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