THUDDED Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

thudded

verb

past tense of thud

as in bumped

to come into usually forceful contact with something the snowball thudded against the side of my car

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Recent Examples of thudded There were times when Saquon Barkley was thudded more than the Eagles linemen appreciated — there’s no tackling to the ground in these sessions — and the Eagles stood up for their running back. — Zach Berman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Then safety Tyler Nubin for some reason thudded Nabers after a catch at one point on the left side of the field. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026 After a 26-8 run just before the All-Star break, Miami has thudded back to Earth with 11 losses in a row and is now 52-53 after Saturday’s home fall. — Greg Cote july 26, Miami Herald, 26 July 2026 Boots thudded against hardwood and then started up the stairs. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026 Flights across the Middle East were disrupted, and air defense fire thudded over Dubai. — Dallas Morning News, 1 Mar. 2026 Flights across the Middle East were disrupted, and air defense fire thudded over Dubai, the United Arab Emirates’ commercial capital. — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2026 Police tape cordoned off the scene where fire and police vehicle lights flashed and helicopter blades thudded overhead. — Arkansas Online, 27 Nov. 2025

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The character always bumped some people, and those feelings coalesced around Hari Kondabolu’s 2017 documentary The Problem With Apu.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
The surfer who made the report was not bumped, bitten or otherwise hurt by the shark, Peters said.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of bumped

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Ivan Bates, who slammed the inability to get justice for the family, also addressed juvenile accountability in his new Beyond the Status Quo podcast with DJS Secretary Betsy Fox Tolentino.

— Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Trump has also waived sanctions on Russia, a move which Zelenskyy slammed as helping Putin push on with Moscow’s full-scale invasion, which will hit the five-year mark in February.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of slammed

Verb

Canada banged awkwardly into Williams’ knee on a box out during her late free throws and the Valkyries star was being cared for by an athletic trainer on the bench in the waning moments.

— Janie McCauley, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Canada banged awkwardly into Williams’ knee on a box out during her late free throws and the Valkyries’ star was being cared for by an athletic trainer on the bench in the waning moments.

— Janie McCauley, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

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Protesters have hurled rocks at police, burned government buildings, smashed shop windows and destroyed private property.

— Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Carl Court / Getty In cities across the country, demonstrators set fire to newsstands and smashed windows.

— Max Butterworth, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of smashed

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Earlier this year, the DA also filed charges against an Aliso Viejo mother, who faces more than seven years in prison, after her 14-year-old son crashed into an 81-year-old Vietnam veteran, resulting in his death in April.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
The Toyota, of which the Chevy’s impact heavily damaged its driver’s side, crashed into a fence west of Columbia Avenue, Fifield said.

— Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of crashed

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Australian lawmaker Helen Haines has had both legs amputated after being rammed by a car outside her electoral office, her husband said, as the man accused of the attack appeared in court.

— David Hickey, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
Coral Springs Police said 44-year-old Matthew John Ryan rammed a shopping cart with a dog inside into the menorah at Chabad of Coral Springs on North University Drive, knocking it completely over.

— Bri Buckley, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of rammed

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NorCal Resist posted footage of the collision to their social media pages, showing a man, Antonio Moreida, being knocked to the ground.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Council was referring to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when Bryant, on the first possession of a group-stage game against Spain, ran through a screen set by then-Lakers teammate Pau Gasol and knocked him to the floor.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026

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