STRAPPED Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

strapped

verb

past tense of strap

as in tied

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Abercrombie’s old mall identity was closely tied to the experience of walking in, making the space itself part of what shoppers remember about the brand.

— Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
With the score tied at one, Bryce Harper misplayed a routine fly ball to right field in the bottom of the 7th, allowing a run to score and setting up another to come in on a sacrifice fly.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of tied

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The rest of Lopez’s look included a matching long-sleeve brown top and pencil skirt cinched with a belt.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
The couple wore matching suites, with Cameron’s cinched at the waist, featuring a white tie and draping cape, while David accessorized his ivory look with a silk scarf.

— Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of cinched

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Throughout the event, a guy bounds around, introducing the recordists, then crouching to cue their recordings on a laptop, his dark, longish hair under a black dad cap bearing the club’s name.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Start with focused use cases where the data requirements are understood and basic (static versus real time), the operational consequence is bounded, and measurable value can be demonstrated.

— Claudio Laterreur, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of bound

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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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Wide, pale pink, satin ribbons were threaded loosely throughout the dress, culminating in bows at the shoulders.

— Marci Robin, Allure, 2 Oct. 2026
Hanging from a gantry erected in the interior courtyard of the palazzo, tire fragments are threaded together and reassembled into hulking blasting mats.

— Tina M. Campt, Artforum, 1 Oct. 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

Definition of tethered

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