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as in shut
to shove into a closed position with force and noise
please don't slam the door every time you step out
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as in slapped
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
she slammed the ball deep into center field
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as in bumped
to come into usually forceful contact with something
the car slammed into the wall with a fearful crunch
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as in attacked
to criticize harshly and usually publicly
slammed the cast members for forgetting their lines on opening night
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Recent Examples of slammed
Helene’s aftermath At least 213 people have died since Hurricane Helene slammed the Southeast more than a week ago.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Jerry, who did not survive, is one of more than 200 people killed by Hurricane Helene, which slammed into the Southeast last week.
—Marissa Parra, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
The family said Kyle Raleigh punched Troy Morrow and slammed him to the pavement.
—Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
Advocates for student loan borrowers slammed the decision.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
An Education Department spokesperson slammed Republicans for attempting to stop the plan in responding to the ruling.
—Tim Collins, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Oct. 2024
After the Connecticut Sun eliminated Clark and the Indiana Fever from the WNBA playoffs, Sun forward Alyssa Thomas and head coach Stephanie White slammed fans for sending racist messages toward their team on social media.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Indeed, wine is a fundamentally a convivial beverage; it is not meant to be chugged, slammed, or gulped.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
In an interview with British GQ in July 2023, Kit and Joe slammed rumors and fan speculation about their dating life after the Season 1 premiere of Heartstopper.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 3 Oct. 2024
Alexandra Banner, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Jerry, who did not survive, is one of more than 200 people killed by Hurricane Helene, which slammed into the Southeast last week.
—Marissa Parra, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
The family said Kyle Raleigh punched Troy Morrow and slammed him to the pavement.
—Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
Advocates for student loan borrowers slammed the decision.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
An Education Department spokesperson slammed Republicans for attempting to stop the plan in responding to the ruling.
—Tim Collins, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Oct. 2024
After the Connecticut Sun eliminated Clark and the Indiana Fever from the WNBA playoffs, Sun forward Alyssa Thomas and head coach Stephanie White slammed fans for sending racist messages toward their team on social media.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Indeed, wine is a fundamentally a convivial beverage; it is not meant to be chugged, slammed, or gulped.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
In an interview with British GQ in July 2023, Kit and Joe slammed rumors and fan speculation about their dating life after the Season 1 premiere of Heartstopper.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slammed
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In the time since his execution, Germany shut the consulates.Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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A lot of players have been complaining about having no choice but to play the new event, so this should shut them up for a while so the rest of us can have fun.Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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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
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Notably this bumped some brands out of the top 20, including Versace, Jil Sander, Ferragamo and Balmain.Rhonda Richford, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
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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
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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
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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
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Everest’s origin story began about 40 million to 50 million years ago, when landmasses on two slabs of Earth’s crust — the India Plate and the Eurasian Plate — collided in slow motion and crumpled the terrain, raising rocky peaks that over millions of years became the Himalayan mountain range.Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
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Soto blasted a career-high 41 home runs this season to go along with 109 RBIs, fourth and sixth most, respectively, in those two traditional MLB categories.David K. Li, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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However, Edman blasted a two-run home run off Manaea to extend the lead and officially wake up the Dodgers faithful.Jacob Lev, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
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There was no immediate report of casualties or details on what was hit.Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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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
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The family said Kyle Raleigh punched Troy Morrow and slammed him to the pavement.Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
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Days later, Ann Arbor police say someone punched a student on the porch of a home where students from a historically Jewish fraternity live.Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2024
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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
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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
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“Slammed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slammed. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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