STANCHED Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

stanched

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variants or staunched

past tense of stanch

as in stunted

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Ho-seok has been laid off from his job following an incident that has stunted his life and his ability to communicate with his family.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2026
On Saturday, after a fourth-down false start penalty stunted the Rams’ first drive, Bennett threw his two best passes of the game during the next one.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of stunted

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But this is about Folk, the 41-year-old whose right leg could be the Falcons’ biggest point of improvement from last season and a 19-year veteran who has somehow, someway, turned back the clock.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 6 Sep. 2026
The 42-year-old turned back the clock Sunday, with 10 strikeouts in seven scoreless innings against the Seattle Mariners.

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026

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Tottenham, repressed for so long in their spending and ambition, are suddenly flashing the cash like a slot machine, dropping £237million ($324m) already.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
The chart surge comes after Bring Me the Horizon’s early catalog was recently repressed and reissued on vinyl as part of the band’s anniversary celebration surrounding two decades of Count Your Blessings.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday squashed Republicans‘ plans to implement a new congressional map before November, ruling voters must first decide on whether to approve the new district lines.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2026
More than 20,000 county residents signed a petition to bring the issue to voters in a ballot question in November, but the Maryland Supreme Court squashed it, citing legal problems with the question.

— Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of squashed

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There are snippets from Moby-Dick and The Sound of Music, a nauseous memory of the Stanley Steemer man who used to soak David’s carpets with a toxic cleaning agent that squelched around his bare feet (‘Suck, suck, suck’).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
Thousands of jobs would be lost, and Latino voices could be squelched should the deal go through as it is drawn, the LULAC leaders said.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

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Two other executives were also suspended for their roles, including team president Lawrence Frank for six months, and Leonard was fined $700,000.

— Matt Schubert, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Warren, who was suspended by DeSantis in 2022 and now serves as the deputy legal director of Democracy Defenders Fund, said there’s no way to know the full extent of the grand jury’s investigation.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026

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South Korea’s Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest foldable smartphone vendor, launched a tri-fold device in December but reportedly discontinued sales after three months.

— Reuters, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026
And the younger-skewed Phineas Cole collection that had been a focus of the prior team will also be discontinued, although some of the hallmarks of that brand will be incorporated into the core collection.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

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