roughhoused

verb

Definition of roughhousednext
past tense of roughhouse
1
as in wrestled

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2
as in cut up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roughhoused
  1. wrestled
  2. cut up
  3. abused
  4. pummeled
  5. battered
  6. buffeted
  7. injured
  8. hurt
Verb
  • Receiver Jalen McMillan had an apparent touchdown pass wrestled away from him in the end zone by defensive back Jourdan Lewis, resulting in an interception.
    Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The Brutalist, a number of works released this year wrestled with the crushing inhumanity of immigrating to America.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of wrestled
Verb
  • Contra Costa County Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority has asked its customers to cut up their trees and place them in the organics cart for a month-long effort to clean up Christmas trees.
    Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • At Dos Reales the process begins the night before when the pork and other ingredients are cut up and refrigerated overnight.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of cut up
Verb
  • President Joe Biden, or whoever is running the White House, grotesquely abused the pardon power, yet again.
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Their shelters have cared for more than 22,000 sick, injured and abused pets in 2024, the most in a decade.
    Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of abused
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  • However, the increases began much earlier this year, given the back-to-back atmospheric rivers that pummeled Northern California with heavy snow and rain.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Jim Miller submitted Jackson in the first round in a bounce-back performance after he was pummeled by Bobby Green at UFC 300 in April.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of pummeled
Verb
  • Because even with the defense being battered Monday, Detroit’s forward group is intact.
    Max Bultman, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • And Hezbollah is battered after fighting Israel in Lebanon.
    Josh Holder, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of battered
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  • Higher education continues to be buffeted by changes in the way American families view college educations.
    Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • This cable remarked how quickly Carter, as president, had become buffeted by problems that, ironically, emerged from those very forces that brought him into office.
    Russell L. Riley / Made by History, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of buffeted
Verb
  • At least 35 people were injured in the incident, officials said, and at the time some were hospitalized in critical condition.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Within the past 24-hours— according to Gaza’s Health Ministry— more than 59 people have been killed by strikes in the area and more than 270 have been injured.
    Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of injured
Verb
  • The first-term mayor said $17.8 million in LAFD reductions hasn't hurt efforts to knock down the still out-of-control Palisades Fire.
    Janhvi Bhojwani, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Can Berube afford to have more of those mistakes in his own end hurt a team that’s already short-handed?
    Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of hurt
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