TAPED Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

taped

verb

past tense of tape

as in wired

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Recent Examples of taped The first depicted a ripe banana duct-taped to a blank white wall—unmistakably, Maurizio Cattelan’s viral artwork Comedian—and the second featuring just the duct-tape on the wall. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 1 June 2026 When authorities asked King to remove the breast banner as vulgar, King taped over the nipples with stars made of tape or Magic Marker. — Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2026 Baseboards, trim, and any objects, like light switches, should be taped off with painters tape. — Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 27 Jan. 2026 The trailheads for the Crosier Mountain hiking area are currently taped off with law enforcement caution tape, closing them to public access. — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026

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Every night, after Jesus died on the cross, my apostles gently helped me down from the chain-link fence to which I had been lashed.

— Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
After the two additional deaths were reported this week, Shapiro again lashed out at Kennedy.

— Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of lashed

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On a recent morning in the city center, Spanish police were kicking out young boys who had slept overnight on cardboard slabs, some of them bruised and bandaged.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2026
Tight end Greg Dulcich participated in his third practice wearing a red [non-contact] jersey, and with his fingers on his right hand bandaged up.

— Omar Kelly August 8, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of bandaged

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The other seats are all chained to the table for when Carrie sends everything in the room flying.

— Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
Eight days later, Shelley’s body was found tied, taped in plastic and chained to concrete in the Trinity River.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of chained

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Not long after, Rebecca Sharpless, director of the Immigration Clinic at the University of Miami, heard a similar account from a young man shackled in the box.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
Nick Reiner appeared at the hearing in a brown jail uniform and was shackled to his chair.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of shackled

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