skewered

verb

Definition of skewerednext
past tense of skewer
1
as in stabbed
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object let's skewer our marshmallows on these sticks and start toasting

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2
as in ridiculed
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter the satirical comic strip gleefully skewers many of society's sacred cows

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skewered
  1. stabbed
  2. ridiculed
  3. mocked
  4. pierced
Verb
  • Bonita Edwards and the twins were all found fatally stabbed inside the apartment.
    Annasofia Scheve, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The only surprise is that Adar was so easily fooled and then stabbed to death.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of stabbed
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  • Only two years ago, Blake Lemoine, a Google engineer, was ridiculed for suggesting that a Google AI model was sentient.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
  • On Thursday, Kim's sister and senior official, Kim Yo Jong, also ridiculed South Korea's showcasing of the Hyunmoo-5 missile, saying there there's no way for South Korea to counter the North Korea's nuclear forces with conventional weapons.
    HYUNG-JIN KIM AND KIM TONG-HYUNG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024
Definition of ridiculed
Verb
  • The prosecutor, having successfully argued to exclude the abuse testimony, mocked the brothers’ defense during his closing arguments for not producing any evidence of abuse.
    Kim Kardashian, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • He’s mocked, laughed at or just roundly dismissed because of his facial tumors.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of mocked
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  • In August 2020, an inmate at Phillips State Prison was held hostage and tortured for four days, having been stabbed from behind with his eye pierced and suffering a traumatic brain injury, the report said.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
  • For the People's Choice Awards in early 2024, the actor pierced her shiny chrome nails with little charms dangling off the tips.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of pierced
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