PATROLLED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

patrolled

verb

past tense of patrol

as in guarded

to walk or go around or through (an area, building, etc.) especially in order to make sure that it is safe The squad had orders to patrol the area. The border is patrolled by the army.

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Recent Examples of patrolled The park hugs 118 winding miles of the Rio Grande, nearly a quarter of the international boundary patrolled by Customs and Border Protection in the much larger Big Bend Sector. — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 Justin Simon, Valencia, linebacker, junior Simon patrolled the short field and laid down key tackles for Valencia in 2025. — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026 Calm returned to Baidoa on Tuesday as security forces patrolled major streets and inspected buildings and vehicles damaged in the fighting. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 The Confederate ironclad Tennessee patrolled the bay, and Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines stood sentry over the entrance. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026 The result is to create a robotic fleet that would be a massive force multiplier and allow for a much larger area of ocean to be patrolled at one time. — David Szondy august 17, New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2026 Soldiers patrolled the city's commercial and government buildings Friday while an enhanced police presence could be seen on Ceuta's main avenues, Reuters reported. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Many were wrapped in towels to shield from the wind, while army and police vehicles patrolled the road behind them. — Reuters, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2026 Her earliest memories are of an underground bunker, patrolled by male guards with whips, where she was imprisoned with thirty-nine older women. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

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Dan Lawlor, who was one of the people who guarded the door, took the stand previously.

— Matt Schooley, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Mice predisposed to retinal disease were being guarded and watched, around the clock, like tiny celebrities.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of guarded

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So, heirs shouldn't assume that a creditor's claim automatically means the house will be sold — or, conversely, that inheriting the house means it's protected from the deceased person's debts.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Although American missile defense systems protected the Gulf from the worst of the barrage, enough Iranian strikes got through to do substantial harm and to disrupt the patina of stability on which the region’s social and economic model rested.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

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