Thesaurus results for THUMPED

thumped

verb

past tense of thump

as in smacked

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner thumped the desk with his hand as he delivered his speech

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as in pounded

to strike repeatedly playfully knocked his younger brother down and began to thump him with a foam bat

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Recent Examples of thumped Wiki Carmona scored two goals against his former team after Prince Owusu found the net on a penalty kick and CF Montreal thumped the New York Red Bulls 3-0 on Sunday. —

CBS News, 9 Mar. 2026 Yes, they were thumped by South Africa earlier in the tournament and needed a stress-inducing win over West Indies in the Super Eights to reach this point. —

Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026 The long-running music/movement/fantasy/comedy/mime/percussion performance spectacle took a hit last year when its standing companies in New York, Boston and Chicago all thumped their last drum full of blue paint. —

Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026 Maika Sivo scored four tries as the Leeds Rhinos thumped Hull KR 56-8 in the first match at Allegiant Stadium on Saturday featuring two English clubs. —

ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026 The Buccaneers thumped the Chiefs 31-9 in Super Bowl LV, but Tampa Bay players were blown away by what quarterback Patrick Mahomes did in the game. —

Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026 House music thumped in the background like the heartbeat of a menacing jungle cat. —

Josh Miller, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2026 Sierra Canyon thumped Chaminade 79-28 and Crespi defeated Loyola 65-61 at home. —

Tarek Fattal, Daily News, 28 Jan. 2026 The Seahawks just thumped the 49ers and are perhaps the league’s hottest team. —

Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026

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In the second inning of Japan’s WBC opener against Chinese Taipei on Friday at the Tokyo Dome, Ohtani smacked a hanging curve a few feet over the right-field wall for a grand slam, triggering an offensive onslaught that resulted in a 13-0 victory.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Brent Burns set up Landeskog’s one-timer from the high slot on the heels of a strong burst by MacKinnon, who had smacked a one-timer of his own in off the rush following Kempe’s errant pass at the offensive blue line.

— Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026