as in hitting
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
she got so angry that she slugged the back of the chair and knocked it over
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Recent Examples of slugging
Whether staring out her car window or slugging down a drink, Lois seems to experience her latest case as a metaphor for her inner anguish.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Alison Herman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slugging
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Able to hide in plain sight, snipers excel at consistently hitting targets (both static and moving) at long range.Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
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Bean and Smith were seen on video wrestling with Nichols and holding his arms, while also hitting him, but the jury was not convinced those actions amounted to civil rights violations.Adrian Sainz, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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Facebook / East Haven Police Department A man has been arrested after allegedly punching a pregnant woman and biting a medic’s hand in a violent carjacking attempt at a Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru in Connecticut, police said.Jon Haworth, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024
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When the victim refused, Rodriguez began punching her.Jon Haworth, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024
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Last Island hurricane The Last Island hurricane killed 400 people after slamming into the Louisiana coast in August 1856.Gina Martinez, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
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Employees did not respond well to visits from their managers, with some planning to call the police or slamming the door on their supervisors.Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
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Use It To Help Flatten Chicken Breasts Before pounding any meat to create cutlets, use wax paper in between it and your mallet to help avoid any unwanted stickiness and keep it in place.Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2024
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Israel has been pounding Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon for days.Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2024
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Harper, a Michael Jackson tribute artist herself, remembers finding Neely mid-performance, surrounded by a crowd of tourists clapping to the rhythm and following Neely's encouragement to dance alongside him.Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2024
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Just to walk in and all of these amazing women are clapping with their heels, giving us applause.Jack Dunn, Variety, 19 Oct. 2024
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There’s a sweet spot between swiping to bring up your open apps menu and swiping up gently to launch the taskbar.Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Art was right behind her, swiping the scalpel through the air, trying to cut her.William Earl, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024
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In reality, though, because the TCL’s tone mapping is not as effective as that of the Samsung TV, the TCL’s brightness can cause clipping and leave the image looking ‘peaky’ and unbalanced.John Archer, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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Crowder has spent much of the past thirty-odd years clipping them into shape.Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Slugging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slugging. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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