Thesaurus results for SWATTED

swatted

verb

past tense of swat

as in smacked

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner didn't sleep a wink all night because she was too busy swatting mosquitoes

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Recent Examples of swatted Winston swatted away the Giants’ trade for McCarthy as a reason for urgency on his part. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026 Willis threw incomplete to Washington when rookie cornerback Mansoor Delane swatted the ball away. — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2026 But the justices swatted aside that order, too, without explanation. — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026 Salaun was convinced that Stokes, who was a game-high plus-30, swatted five shots. — Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026 Coney Barrett shared her experience bringing home a bulletproof vest and having her house swatted, or subject to false police reports. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 15 July 2026 Dybantsa jumped, too, raising his left arm into the air, and swatted the ball, with one of his Wizards teammates collecting the rebound. — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 13 July 2026 Battiloro allegedly swatted the family's home in Cranford twice in September 2025, according to Bramnick. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026 The boy, who was not identified, immediately swatted the bat away, the report said. — Sophie Ziedalski, NBC news, 2 July 2026

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Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper, two longtime opponents for this franchise, then smacked consecutive homers off Lee, who’d surrendered three long balls the entire regular season.

— Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Contreras smacked Young’s sinker 403 feet to left to lead off the fourth for his 18th homer.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of smacked

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In a press conference on Wednesday, DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry said the police investigation began on the night of Oct 8, 2011, when a 17-year-old girl ran to apartment complex on Lumbee Drive, knocked on a door, and asked for help.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
The Maine, North Carolina, and Texas AFL-CIOs and their affiliates have knocked hundreds of thousands of doors already this cycle, presenting voters with the contract and where the candidates stand.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of knocked

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Residential real estate prices may hit a bottom in the third quarter of 2028, the report said.

— Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
For Fleabag and The Tourist producer Two Brothers, the show is the first hitting the international market since its parent, All3Media, was acquired by Banijay.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

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His pass set and movements looked more like an art than someone who punched people for a living.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
The suspect allegedly punched the woman with a closed fist before taking her phone and driver's license, then fleeing the scene, according to police.

— Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of punched

Verb

Lawler, who is running for reelection in the 17th Congressional District, which occupies a large area of the northern suburbs, slammed the governor's immigration and cashless bail policies.

— Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
In one incident, LaBeouf slammed Barnett against his car and strangled her, according to the complaint.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of slammed

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On this day in 1960, one of the most shocking and iconic Cold War moments unfolded when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev brandished and banged his shoe at the United Nations.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2026
Both banged off the Tropicana Field catwalk in foul territory, nullifying the catch made on both of them.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of banged

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The musicians were smiling, the spectators tapped and clapped, and that magical sense of timelessness was real, spanning multiple generations.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Workers from other sections gathered in the building’s lobby and clapped as Lareau and her colleagues walked out.

— Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of clapped

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