rushed 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of rushednext
as in hurried
acting or done with excessive or careless speed a rushed job with a number of errors

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rushed

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verb

past tense of rush
1
as in accelerated
to cause to move or proceed fast or faster I wouldn't make so many mistakes if you'd stop rushing me

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2
as in poured
to flow out in great quantities or with force in the spring the stream's rushing waters make crossing treacherous

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3
as in sped
to proceed or move quickly rushing is a good way to slip and fall

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4
as in attacked
to take sudden, violent action against one goat suddenly rushed the other and knocked it down

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rushed
  1. hurried
  2. accelerated
  3. poured
  4. attacked
  5. pushed
  6. urged
  7. assaulted
  8. raided
Adjective
  • Diners harken back to a simpler time in American life before the rise of hurried drive-thrus and impersonal delivery services.
    Tyler Buchanan, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The plot is hurried, leaving the actors insufficient time to find their footing.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of hurried
Verb
  • The company is pursuing accelerated approval for this candidate but reported delays due to manufacturing issues with the CELLECTRA 5PSP device.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • And, after the murder of George Floyd and the resulting prominence of the Black Lives Matter movement, institutions and individuals alike had accelerated the shift in their appetites.
    Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of accelerated
Verb
  • Comprising two capsules, two wine stoppers, a bottle sleeve, and the Pivot aerator, the system infuses bottles with Argon gas as wine is poured.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
  • A couple of lovely Turkish wines are poured there including a Vïnkara rosé of Kalecik Karasi (a grape indigenous to Turkey).
    Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of poured
Verb
  • While on the ground, Evans is shot twice more with bean bag rounds and attacked twice by a police dog as Evans screams.
    Christian Martinez, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Roving gangs on scooters attacked and beat Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam, the Dutch capital, overnight in an outburst of what authorities called antisemitic violence.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of attacked
Verb
  • Birds who pushed the door to the right were transferred into aviaries where the resident birds were pushing the door on the left and vice versa.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The Democratic-leaning Latino groups pushed back on that narrative, citing their own polling.
    Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of pushed
Verb
  • Notable, some panelists, like Christina Thomas, an attorney and partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, urged companies to not hire a large staff to address climate reporting until a final rule is in place.
    Jon McGowan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • After thousands of commenters urged her to call the police, Santry got in touch with the Columbus Division of Police and told her followers on TikTok that officers would be arriving the next day.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of urged
Verb
  • Footage circulating on social media showed supporters of the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team being chased down and assaulted on Thursday night, with one video geolocated by NBC News to near Amsterdam's central station that showed fighting on the streets between the Israelis and their attackers.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • One of the women claims she was assaulted at just 13 years old while attending an MTV Video Music Awards after-party in September 2000 by a 30-year-old Combs and an unnamed male celebrity while an unnamed female celebrity watched.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of assaulted
Verb
  • And in what many consider the final blow to her mayoral career, Thao’s home was raided by FBI agents in July.
    Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Police raided the boat in 1948 and seized cash machines, Funk Gotlib told me.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 21 Oct. 2024
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