as in boiled
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
the newspaper's blatantly biased coverage made a lot of readers steam
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Recent Examples of steamed
Enjoy edamame steamed with a pinch of sea salt or roasted for a crunchier snack.
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 23 Sep. 2025
In retaliation, the Houthis launched a fusillade of ballistic missiles at the Truman, which turned tail and steamed away, causing another Super Hornet to slide off the deck into the ocean.
—Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
In the spring, the leaves are harvested, steamed, de-stemmed and de-veined and then stone ground into a fine powder.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
And last Friday, US and British warships steamed through the Taiwan Strait.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 23 Sep. 2025
In retaliation, the Houthis launched a fusillade of ballistic missiles at the Truman, which turned tail and steamed away, causing another Super Hornet to slide off the deck into the ocean.
—Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
In the spring, the leaves are harvested, steamed, de-stemmed and de-veined and then stone ground into a fine powder.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
And last Friday, US and British warships steamed through the Taiwan Strait.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamed
Verb
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Freeze extra for later, sans any pasta, which is better when freshly boiled.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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Potatoes Potatoes are starchy vegetables that can be enjoyed roasted, boiled, sauteed, or fried.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
4 Nov. 2025
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Villages have been burned, civilians executed, and children targeted.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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An employee dove between two metal bales that surround the facility to quickly carry a customer who had been burned to safety.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Around 500 Hamas terrorists stormed the kibbutz, killing 47 people and taking 76 hostages out of the 251 abducted across Israel that day.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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The demonstration turned violent, and some people stormed Morelia’s Government Palace.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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The politician has publicly gloated over Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show coming to an end next May, celebrated Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, and then raged over his return to TV screens, and suggested that Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show also come to an end, too.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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O’Donnell said the full interview was about 90 minutes, and CBS provided a full text transcript on its website, showing extended moments where Trump raged at Joe Biden, political opponents and his indictments.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Steamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamed. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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