STRAPPED Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

strapped

verb

past tense of strap

as in tied

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The two-time major champion, who finished tied for 23rd at the Irish Open on Sunday, is one of the biggest stars in LIV Golf, the breakaway circuit that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week with more than $500 million in debt.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
As the estimate draws a mix of scrutiny and praise from always-skeptical aldermen, many of whom criticized Johnson last year for using bonds to pay for the $90 million global settlement tied to corrupt former Sgt.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of tied

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The Stash Carryall Bag has a unique design that allows the sides to be cinched together for a more compact look or left undone for a larger and more spacious purse.

— Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026
The sleeveless dress cinched at the waist before flaring out into a petal-like, peplum skirt with an asymmetrical finish.

— Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 14 Sep. 2026

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An advisory remains in place for an area roughly bounded by Las Palomas Drive on the west and West Skyline Drive on the east.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Each of their faces is bounded by the same number of edges, and the same number of faces meet at each vertex.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026

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Rolling around inside my coffin would be a gigantic ball of hair trussed by a Möbius strip of fingernail.

— Esther Yi, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
For the last 15 or so years, celebrities have been, in general, more trussed up, as red carpets have become a heightened economic prospective for stars and designers alike.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025

Definition of trussed

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On fourth-and-1 at the New England 45-yard line early in the fourth quarter, Lock faked a handoff, booted left and threaded a short pass through the arms of defensive tackle Milton Williams to Smith-Njigba, who took over from there.

— Andrew Destin, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Other parts of the collection include a range of apparel in a black, white, and chartreuse palette threaded with a recurring botanical motif.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of threaded

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The underwater drone, tethered to the ship with cables and about the size of a small car, was just above the ocean floor as the researchers and pilots searched for furrows potentially left by whales.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
This wasn’t true, but the core idea was tethered to a real phenomenon.

— Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

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