barracked

verb

past tense of barrack
1
as in harassed

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as in billeted

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barracked
  1. harassed
  2. camped
  3. taunted
  4. housed
  5. heckled
  6. quartered
  7. ragged
  8. roomed
Verb
  • Multiple women testified about their fear of being harassed or assaulted by rideshare drivers.
    — Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Around a dozen Black students expressed their concerns during a Board of Trustees meeting, saying they were harassed, intimidated and targeted with racial slurs.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of harassed
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  • Videos have shown several soldiers shaking hands, sharing drinks and praying with the settlers camped outside the Palestinians’ homes.
    — Guy Davies, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In Pereira, families camped in Olaya Herrera park covered their tents with plastic, while flooding was reported at Hospital Universitario San Jorge.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of camped
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  • The older Green Lantern taunted the alien so much, that the creature detonated itself, blowing a hole into the side of the jail.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Kotzmacher said people leaving the arena pointed, laughed and taunted her group over Indiana’s loss and Cunningham’s performance.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of taunted
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  • The official Walter Cup, presented when the Victoire beat the Ottawa Charge in four games to win the PWHL championship in May, is housed in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
    — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Among the 3,000 buildings the first licensed Black architect designed, from private residences to hotels, some of his most appealing—including one that formerly housed actor Denzel Washington’s family—can be found in Toluca Lake.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of housed
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  • England players, especially Jardine, were constantly booed and heckled.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
  • These remarks come after HeatWorld reported that the sisters have been concerned about their safety, with tensions rising after Eugenie was recently heckled by a man making comments about her father in March.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 29 July 2026
Definition of heckled
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  • The biggest games, the greatest stages, have been quartered off by a velvet rope.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 13 June 2026
  • This side of deeply roasted, tender sweet potatoes comes quartered and seasoned with GK’s take on togarashi.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of quartered
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  • On that night in March, to the surprise of nobody, Arsenal ran their mid-table Premier League hosts ragged, beating them 5-1, with Henry and Freddie Ljungberg scoring twice, and Kolo Toure netting the other.
    — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
Definition of ragged
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  • His father also roomed with Smart.
    — Jeff Sentell, AJC.com, 12 June 2026
  • Sat next to each other on the bus, roomed together.
    — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 8 May 2026
Definition of roomed
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