STEEKED Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

steeked

verb

past tense of steek, chiefly Scottish

as in closed

to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening Macleod threatened to steek the door in my face if I ever said a word against the Scots again

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Other top executives received payouts that topped nine figures, SEC filings revealed after the Skydance deal closed.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
The offer came at a time when Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and many other public school districts in Florida, have closed or consolidated schools and are contemplating even more closures.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026

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The potential victims all have to get into their coffin, which is then shut.

— Alice Burton, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Israel had threatened to shut the facility down completely in a dispute over British sanctions barring the import of goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

— Dov Lieber, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

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