Thesaurus results for SWATTED

swatted

verb

past tense of swat

as in smacked

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner didn't sleep a wink all night because she was too busy swatting mosquitoes

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Recent Examples of swatted Salaun was convinced that Stokes, who was a game-high plus-30, swatted five shots. — Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026 Coney Barrett shared her experience bringing home a bulletproof vest and having her house swatted, or subject to false police reports. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 15 July 2026 Dybantsa jumped, too, raising his left arm into the air, and swatted the ball, with one of his Wizards teammates collecting the rebound. — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 13 July 2026 Battiloro allegedly swatted the family's home in Cranford twice in September 2025, according to Bramnick. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026 The boy, who was not identified, immediately swatted the bat away, the report said. — Sophie Ziedalski, NBC news, 2 July 2026 Miami swatted 32 home runs in 26 games in June after only hitting 23 in 29 games in May and 19 across 26 games in April. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026 The players could be seen exchanging words throughout their match-up and, at one point during the second quarter, Harrison swatted at the ball being held by Reese after play had already been stopped. — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026 The ball seemed to be a winner, until Suarez, who was stationed in the goal post, swatted it with his hands. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026

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Brady House smacked a three-run homer, Jackson Kent pitched seven innings of one-run ball to earn his first major league win and the Washington Nationals beat the visiting Miami Marlins 9-2 on Friday.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
In last fall’s season-opener, the Irish smacked Chicago Christian 47-6.

— Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of smacked

Verb

Washington has slapped sanctions on some of the groups and could impose more.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
When confronted by the rest of the band (including Stevie, who pleaded with him to reconsider), Lindsey grew irate and allegedly slapped his onetime musical partner across the face and tried to strangle her.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of slapped

Verb

The news comes roughly a month after fellow receiver Ricky Pearsall had knee surgery that knocked him out for the season.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Walmart knocked Harris Teeter from the top spot in 2019 and has dominated the Charlotte market since with 23% of the market share last year.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of knocked

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The helicopter, which was used by NBC and Telemundo, crashed about two hours after police say Rios drove her 2004 Ford Expedition the wrong way down a busy avenue, ran a red light and struck a vehicle before hitting the bus.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Police say Rios drove her 2004 Ford Expedition the wrong way down a busy avenue, ran a red light, and struck another vehicle before hitting the Metro bus.

— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of hit

Verb

One punched him in the face, and another stabbed him once in the buttocks, police said.

— Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026
After the Giants punched their ticket by sweeping two games from the Ports, Haines confirmed that Flora would take the ball one more time in next week’s best-of-3 series against Lake Elsinore.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of punched

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Oates turned left in front of Mulderrig toward Kingsgate Drive, and the motorcycle slammed into the Cadillac, propelling Mulderrig into the air and leading to his death, both sides agreed.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
But many homeowners locked in low mortgage rates when COVID-19 slammed the economy and sent borrowing costs tumbling; so they are protected if mortgage rates rise in the wake of a Fed raTte hike.

— Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of slammed

Verb

Both banged off the Tropicana Field catwalk in foul territory, nullifying the catch made on both of them.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
The Padres banged the ball all around Petco Park in taking a 3-0 lead on the first 15 pitches from Cole, a Southern California native who gave up three consecutive homers to open a game for the second time in his career.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026

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