whacked

past tense of whack
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Recent Examples of whacked The Colts got whacked by the Ravens, and their new-look defense was awful. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026 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 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Yeah, people just want to see if I really did get assassinated by Madonna’s Cartel.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The 21-year-old Michigan State senior is also head of the local chapter of Turning Point, the group for young conservatives whose founder, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated last year.
    — Jacqueline Ganun, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In 2018, Boulder County slapped the giant energy companies Suncor Energy and Exxon Mobil with a lawsuit.
    — Carrie Johnson, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Mateo Chavez slapped out at Sebastian Berhalter and earned a straight red card.
    — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In the series, a bachelorette weekend turns deadly when the bride (Jenner) winds up murdered in the pool, and her closest girlfriends all become suspects.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Her sister's husband, her brother-in-law, Yagev Buchshtab however, had been murdered by the terrorists.
    — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Shortly after, in his final snaps under center as a Bronco, Zabransky made two completions and then perfectly executed the Statue of Liberty handoff to cement his place in Boise State’s history.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Earlier this week, IRNA reported that Iran had executed two other men over violence during the January protests.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • One person was killed in a strike on Riyadh airport, a Saudia Airlines plane was reportedly in flames, and hundreds of flights have been canceled.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • That changes when Ma is killed rescuing children whom terrorists are forcing to become suicide bombers.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

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“Whacked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whacked. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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