dammed 1 of 2

adjective

as in blocked

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

dammed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of dam
1
as in obstructed
to prevent passage through by filling with something ice floes were damming the river

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in filled
to close up so that no empty spaces remain dam up the pipes

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of dammed
Adjective
Across the Northern Hemisphere, migratory fish such as salmon, sturgeon and shad have suffered major losses because rivers have been dammed and polluted, while many populations were heavily overfished. — Zeb Hogan, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026 Legend has it that before the park was established, a young girl from a local settlement got lost in the woods in the area that later, when dammed, became Lake Fontana. — Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025 But over the years, the river had been dammed upstream, drying it up and killing the fish. — David Gelles, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
The mighty Colorado River — that carved the Grand Canyon and was dammed by the epic Hoover Dam — is in big trouble. — Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 The water, too, was wild—the Allegheny and its tributaries had yet to be dammed, and Flag Swamp was noted as one of the last hideouts for beavers in the state. — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026 Morris grew up along the White River (a portion of which was dammed to create today’s Table Rock Lake) in the Ozarks, where fishing wasn’t just a pastime but a way of life. — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026 According to the Lake Garda Improvement Association, in the 1920s Harry Battistoni bought small farms along the Burlington/Farmington border, dammed up a small brook, and created Lake Garda. — Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2026 Tenuously held back by moraines – the jumble of rock and sediment deposited by glaciers at their edges – or dammed by glacier ice, these lakes are anything but stable. — Dan McGrath, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2026 Plants can regenerate, since the beavers have dammed up the water to keep some for their little ecosystem. — Katie Grant, Parents, 4 Mar. 2026 Lake Como’s roots date back to 1889, when Denver investors dammed a creek about 5 miles west of downtown and built a luxury resort, casino and amusement rides modeled after Como, Italy. — Kamal Morgan february 7, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2026 It wasn't dammed up then, and the water came gushing out icy cold! — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 4 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dammed
  1. choked
  2. blocked
  3. filled
  4. clogged
  5. obstructed
  6. packed
  7. congested
  8. jammed
Adjective
  • However, that deal fell apart after the US unleashed a fresh wave of attacks on Iran in mid-July, following Iranian strikes on vessels in the choked Strait of Hormuz.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • San Franciscans who think Muni buses are always packed, or prone to crawl along choked streets, may find their views validated in a new slide presentation released by the Municipal Transportation Agency.
    — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Jan. 2026
Definition of choked
Verb
  • Renal infarction is when the flow of blood to your kidney gets blocked, leading to the death of kidney tissue.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Around the country, more than 530 counties and municipalities have blocked or severely restricted data centers, according to Heatmap Pro, a clean energy news service.
    — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of blocked
Verb
  • Staffers filled the bubble near Beaver Stadium in the winter and Pegula Ice Rink in the spring with an everything-must-go Nike clean out.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • This season is filled with last minute shopping, new routines and the painstaking transition from being up all night to early morning alarms once again.
    — Joy Harden Bradford, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of filled
Adjective
  • Many miners interviewed by NPR complained that masks impair communication in a dangerous and noisy environment, become clogged with dust, are too hot to work in, and fail to screen out finer particles.
    — Howard Berkes, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026
  • If these become clogged with lint, leaves, or debris, lint and moisture will remain in the dryer venting, leading to a possible fire hazard.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of clogged
Verb
  • From across the street, Yñiga’s view grew increasingly obstructed, first by an ambulance, then a parade of menacing black SUVs, and finally a van that disgorged a reporter and a yawning cameraman.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The path to collective bargaining will be slow, dark and obstructed by institutions that benefit from dividing players by team, conference, sport, class year and state law.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of obstructed
Verb
  • OpenAI’s paper improves the best estimate for how tightly these balls can possibly be packed.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Video footage captured the incident in the village of Arkhipo-Osipovka near Gelendzhik, where the beach was packed with visitors at the time of the strike.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of packed
Adjective
  • This is where the tight soundstage starts to hold the buds back, as the many instruments and voices feel a little congested.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The airspace near the White House and Reagan is heavily congested with military and commercial aircraft.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of congested
Verb
  • The 21-year-old recalled getting jammed a couple of times against the Brewers’ Aaron Ashby.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Court documents show Deputy Samuelson may have been shot more than three times if Grafton's gun hadn't jammed.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of jammed

Browse Nearby Words

dames
dammed
dammed (up)
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Dammed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dammed. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

Copy Citation

More from Merriam-Webster on dammed

Nglish: Translation of dammed for Spanish Speakers

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

7 Pairs of Commonly Confused Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

The Longest Long Words List

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Words of the Week - Aug. 7

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

7 Pairs of Commonly Confused Words

The Longest Long Words List

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
fridge-magnet-letters
Drop a Letter Quiz August 2026 Drop a letter from a word to make a totally diffe...
See All