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as in smacked
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
whacked the vending machine to get the candy bar to fall
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as in assassinated
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to put to death deliberately
without a second thought the mob boss had them whacked
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Recent Examples of whacked
Morales whacked the teen over the head with the rifle and didn’t give the boy his money back, Applegate said.
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City News Service, Oc Register, 25 Jan. 2026
Dolphins legend says Ireland and Sparano didn’t talk to each unless absolutely necessary for that entire 2011 seasons, until Sparano, who died in 2018, eventually got whacked by Ross with five games left in the season.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
All those whacked the center steel plate perfectly.
—John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 15 Jan. 2026
Rasmus Dahlin and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen weren’t on the same page playing a puck behind the net, and Mavrik Bourque whacked a rebound in with Dahlin as the closest Sabre in coverage.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2026
The head-to-head results — SDSU smacked Fresno State, and FSU whacked Boise State — clearly indicate the Broncos are slotted in the right place.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2025
Meta stock got whacked after CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended the company's plan to spend about $71 billion on AI chips and other expenses in 2025.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
If Matt had wrecked his bike, broken his collarbone, or been whacked by a car, the decision would be easy.
—Maggie Slepian, Outside, 24 Oct. 2025
After consulting with the stunt coordinator, who gave her permission, Cooke whacked him – hard.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
City News Service, Oc Register, 25 Jan. 2026
Dolphins legend says Ireland and Sparano didn’t talk to each unless absolutely necessary for that entire 2011 seasons, until Sparano, who died in 2018, eventually got whacked by Ross with five games left in the season.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
All those whacked the center steel plate perfectly.
—John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 15 Jan. 2026
Rasmus Dahlin and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen weren’t on the same page playing a puck behind the net, and Mavrik Bourque whacked a rebound in with Dahlin as the closest Sabre in coverage.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2026
The head-to-head results — SDSU smacked Fresno State, and FSU whacked Boise State — clearly indicate the Broncos are slotted in the right place.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2025
Meta stock got whacked after CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended the company's plan to spend about $71 billion on AI chips and other expenses in 2025.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
If Matt had wrecked his bike, broken his collarbone, or been whacked by a car, the decision would be easy.
—Maggie Slepian, Outside, 24 Oct. 2025
After consulting with the stunt coordinator, who gave her permission, Cooke whacked him – hard.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whacked
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Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago, causing mass extinction.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Stout yelled at Valkyrie about going to the bathroom several times on Saturday and smacked the girl at least twice, the mother told police.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
20 Jan. 2026
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In September, Kirk was assassinated in front of three thousand students at Utah Valley University while debating a liberal audience member about gun control.—
Charles Duhigg,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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He was assassinated that night.—
Matt Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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And finally, in late October, when plans for another bilateral summit were shelved (again because the Kremlin seemed unwilling to compromise), the White House slapped sanctions on Russia’s biggest oil giants, Lukoil and Rosneft – a step even the Biden administration had balked at.—
Clare Sebastian,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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As Khloé attempted to pull the women apart, punches and kicks flew, and Kourtney slapped Kim across the face.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
27 Jan. 2026
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James Folta Talks to Bookseller Angela Schwesnedl Angela Schwesnedl from Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis picked up my phone call on Saturday almost two hours to the minute after Alex Pretti was murdered in the street by ICE officers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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Eger watched her parents taken away to the gas chambers where more than a million people, primarily of Jewish descent, were murdered.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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The styling team has knocked it out of the park yet again.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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In September 2014, TMZ published a grainy elevator security video that showed Ray Rice, the star running back for the Baltimore Ravens, punching his girlfriend in the face so hard that she was knocked unconscious.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2026
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Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was summarily executed in the street.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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His death sentence echoes the case of Iranian wrestling champion Navid Afkari, who was executed in September 2020.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Journalist Don Lemon was released from custody Friday after he was arrested and hit with federal civil rights charges over his coverage of an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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But of all the spaghetti that got thrown at the wall, this is the one that hits for reasons that are totally orthogonal to politics and sort of Washington.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Two days shy of the one-year anniversary of a tragedy that killed 67 people near the nation’s capital, the National Transportation Safety Board will meet to determine the probable cause of the midair collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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The fire killed two people, destroyed 1,084 homes and businesses and did more than $2 billion in property damage.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Whacked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whacked. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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