leveled

variants or levelled
past tense of level
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as in balanced
to make equal in amount, degree, or status we'll give both teams the same equipment so as to level the playing field

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as in smoothed
to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps the construction workers leveled the ground before laying a foundation for the new house

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Recent Examples of leveled In addition to more than 4,000 people killed in Lebanon by attacks Israel says were aimed at Hezbollah, the war leveled huge swaths of the country. Lauren Frayer, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024 The action, from the moment Utah levelled the contest to the moment Mikhail Sergachev scored the game winner, was completely captivating — despite the negative result from a Canucks perspective. Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024 Federal prosecutors in Manhattan leveled charges of murder through use of a firearm, two stalking charges and a firearms offense against Mangione Thursday. Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leveled
Verb
  • When the government has demolished shantytowns, citizens have been relocated, but undocumented immigrants have not, UNICEF said.
    Julie Bourdin, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Finally, the wall that had the last remaining barely visible image of Christ was demolished.
    Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
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  • In California, lottery prizes are adjusted based on the number of tickets sold and number of winners.
    Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Winter warning timing changed Due to the storm’s timing, The weather service adjusted the winter storm warning for Kansas City earlier.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 4 Jan. 2025
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  • Entire neighborhoods have been flattened, and the death toll is approaching 46,000 people, most of them women and children.
    Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The contract killer named Mad Dog’s been flattened by a car, so what’s a serial killer in training to do?
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 3 Jan. 2025
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  • Advertisement As Assad was toppled early this month, Israel quickly moved into the Syrian side of a 50-year-old demilitarized buffer zone.
    Josef Federman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
  • After Notre Dame toppled Indiana 27-17 on Friday, doubters and SEC enthusiasts were quick to question how qualified the Hoosiers really were.
    Jayna Bardahl, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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  • The Czechs even opened the scoring in the first leg through her, but Portugal equalized early on in the second half.
    Neel Shelat, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The host then equalized in the 83rd minute courtesy of Andri Guðjohnsen to set up a frantic end to the game.
    Ben Church, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
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  • Rowling had hit rock bottom, living on welfare at one point as a single mom.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Originally Published: February 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM EST Most Popular Most Popular Snow hits CT.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2025
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  • Two people are dead and 19 others injured after a small plane slammed into a Fullerton warehouse filled with workers.
    Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Gomez, for instance, was slammed by Mexican actor Eugenio Derbez (who later apologized) over her Spanish in the film.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 Jan. 2025
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  • And then the game itself smacked him like Zack Bolduc’s hit that knocked Hall upside down into the Blues bench.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
  • She got smacked, but the ball went in.
    Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024

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“Leveled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leveled. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

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