SPLICED Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

spliced

verb

past tense of splice

as in compounded

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Those firms that subordinated customer value to residual claims frequently paid a price; those who reversed the order compounded advantage.

— Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
The tragedy has been compounded by the ongoing conflict in the nation.

— Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of compounded

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So, while most of the hostages were chained to one another, Ujah was allowed to roam.

— Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
The models chained together a series of vulnerabilities to reach the open web and eventually gain access to Hugging Face, which operates an open-source developer platform.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 30 July 2026

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After a nine-month pause, Houthi militants in Yemen allied to Iran resumed attacks on vessels in the Red Sea on July 22, 2026, directly targeting the group’s longtime foe Saudi Arabia.

— Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026
Today, however, several armed groups allied with Tehran are back to pressuring Iran’s foes by opening new fronts that complicate the war and threaten to choke the global economy.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of allied

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Engineers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory assembled the core detector modules and tested the preliminary hardware.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
Outside the Moda Center, dozens of Cunningham supporters gathered for the second consecutive Fever road game, while counterprotesters assembled nearby, some wearing costumes.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of assembled

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Snail Mucin When K-beauty broke into the US market in 2016, snail mucin was the introductory ingredient that got everyone hooked.

— Audrey Noble, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2026
These teens, in turn, got their parents and other family members hooked, growing a multigenerational fan base that has extended to people working in and around downtown Walnut Creek and people living in neighboring East Bay suburbs.

— Martha Ross, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of hooked

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Before getting hitched to Greenstein, Porizkova was married to musician Ric Ocasek.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 17 July 2026
But when her big bro Sherlock (Henry Cavill) goes missing during the festivities, Enola pauses getting hitched to find him and also unearth a military cover-up.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 July 2026

Definition of hitched

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The sterile male flies mated with fertile female flies, but the interactions didn’t produce offspring, decreasing the overall fly population.

— Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
That engine is mated to a 4-speed semi-automatic transmission and a centrifugal clutch (also like Honda's), topping out at 43 mph (70 km/h).

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 July 2026

Definition of mated

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Chanterelle mushrooms grow individually, but are often clustered together in mossy forests with lots of conifer trees and near birch and oak trees in more mountainous regions.

— Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2026
And a comprehensive 2024 study in the journal Cell looked at samples from a wet market in Wuhan, finding that those that tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus clustered around a stall where live animals were sold.

— Eric McDaniel, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026

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