whacked

past tense of whack
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Recent Examples of whacked Poor guy is probably just trying to watch the home run derby in peace and just got drive by whacked by me. Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026 Pop, a Romanian, was rolling through another service game when Bobker whacked an easy backhand beyond the baseline. Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 July 2026 The experience was not entirely dissimilar to getting whacked in the skull. Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 Hastings whacked a triple down the right-field line to bring in two runs and give the Diamonds a 3-2 lead. Latif Love june 18, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026 Mitchell Robinson elbow checked him in the face, Jose Alvarado pulled off a single-legged take-down in the first half, and Towns drew a frustration flagrant foul when Wembanyama whacked him in the face. Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026 The wacky misplay happened during the top of the fourth inning on June 2, when Rockies third baseman TJ Rumfield whacked a deep fly to right field, which then grazed off the left side of Adell’s glove and off the top of his head. Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026 The Labour government has whacked levies on private schools, introduced mansion taxes and is attempting to redistribute the nation’s wealth at a pace that would make Vladimir Lenin weep with joy. Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 May 2026 Airline stocks are getting whacked this morning thanks to the oil price surge. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whacked
Verb
  • The Tampa Bay Rays third baseman smacked a 463-foot whopper late last month.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 July 2026
  • Almost two years ago, China’s east coast was smacked by one of the strongest storms in decades, which temporarily halted container operations at both Shanghai and Ningbo ports.
    Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • And then the president of Haiti was assassinated, and things got really bad in Haiti with the gang violence that ensued.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Irish revolutionary and politician Michael Collins was assassinated in County Cork at the age of 31.
    USA Today, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • New York Mets rookie Jefry Yan jumped high in the air with his feet spread apart, landed on the front of the mound and then slapped the grass with his left hand while briefly going to a knee.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Trump first slapped a 39 percent levy on Swiss exports in August 2025; eventually, that sky-high figure was reduced to 15 percent last November.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • Jones was only three doors from his house, visiting his neighbor, 46-year-old Jwon Martin, when Jones and Martin were murdered.
    Jermont Terry, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Jackson initially cast Ryan Gosling as the father of Susie Salmon, the protagonist who’s murdered by a serial killer early in the story and narrates the fallout from heaven.
    Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The subsequent drop, as well as a decline in the shares of Musk’s electric vehicle company Tesla, have knocked his wealth down to $783 billion, according to Forbes.
    Bernard Condon, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Ezequiel Duran drove in four runs, the last on a game-ending double, and the Texas Rangers beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 on Tuesday night to snap a season-worst six-game losing streak that knocked them out of the AL West lead.
    CBS News, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The Bella Twins executed a surprising heel turn, attacking Paige after their tag team loss.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Right-hander Adrian Houser got Manny Machado to pop out, but Tatis and Rengifo executed a double steal and France lined a ball to center to open up a 6-0 lead.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Musk pointed to each of the three business lines as part of the pillars of the company that will fuel what would have to be 10x growth in three or four years to hit his $1 trillion revenue projection.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Additionally, Alvarez’s chances to hit a home run will get a pick-me-up from playing at home.
    Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • That same day, the Houthis launched a flurry of attacks that reportedly killed and wounded dozens near the Yemen-Saudi border – sparking condemnation from Jordanian, Bahraini and Kuwaiti authorities.
    Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Investigations are ongoing into how cyanide found its way to an ecosystem where wild and domestic animals coexist and farms grow tomatoes and onions, but growers are disputing claims that cyanide from their tomatoes killed the elephants.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

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