sideswiped

verb

Definition of sideswipednext
past tense of sideswipe
as in hit
US to cause the side of a vehicle to come into forceful contact with the side of another vehicle The taxi sideswiped a parked car.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sideswiped
  1. hit
  2. bumped
  3. contacted
  4. rammed
  5. swiped
  6. struck
  7. collided
Verb
  • But the latest model still pushes battery life to lengths few machines have hit in our testing, with an unprecedented 28 hours and 33 minutes of video playback time.
    Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • There was no immediate report of casualties or details on what was hit.
    Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of hit
Verb
  • Click through to see which airlines bumped the largest share of their passengers during the second quarter of the year.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Notably this bumped some brands out of the top 20, including Versace, Jil Sander, Ferragamo and Balmain.
    Rhonda Richford, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of bumped
Verb
  • Joe was inspired to change how schools approach safety planning when a local school district contacted him for consulting services.
    Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Online booking records in Dallas County did not list an attorney could be contacted for comment on Thomas’ behalf.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of contacted
Verb
  • Flowers and other offerings were removed almost as soon as they were laid at a makeshift memorial in the southern city of Zhuhai, where 35 people were killed Monday evening when a car rammed into a crowd of people exercising outside a sports center.
    Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • This area was among the Gulf Coast communities struggling in the wake of back-to-back hurricanes, as Hurricane Helene rammed into the region less than two weeks before Milton arrived.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of rammed
Verb
  • The screen on the Liberty 4 Pro is more limited, with a small touch bar below it that can be swiped to adjust the ANC or turn on transparency mode.
    Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Love… you… guys… Then Art swiped his scalpel back and forth across her chest six times, each slice sending lines of blood into the air.
    William Earl, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of swiped
Verb
  • In another high-profile dispute, the union representing film and television actors in November struck a new labor contract with Hollywood studios that raised performers' pay while putting guardrails on the use of artificial intelligence.
    Alain Sherter, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Prosecutors said Jose Menendez was struck five times, including in the back of the head, and Kitty Menendez crawled on the floor wounded before the brothers reloaded and fired a final fatal blast.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of struck
Verb
  • Despite a recent uptick, the price of oil stands well below a 2022 peak reached when the blazing-hot economic rebound from the pandemic collided with a supply shortage imposed by the Russia-Ukraine war.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The Kosi River system captured the Arun River when the two systems abruptly collided approximately 89,000 years ago.
    Carly Miller, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of collided
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“Sideswiped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sideswiped. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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