SPLICE Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

splice

verb

Definition of splice

as in to chain

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Recent Examples of splice Content creators would drop long-form content on their YouTube channels, splicing weeks of their lives into one video. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026 What remains unclear is whether splicing patterns differ systematically across species with different maximum lifespans and whether those differences carry biological meaning. — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2026 In the early days of the war, official accounts shared videos splicing clips from sports, movies and video games into real footage of military strikes. — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026 The most effective way to splice speaker cables is by using a dedicated, in-line speaker wire splice. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for splice

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Verb

Throughout his illustrious career, 71-year-old filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa has defied being bound and chained to any specific genre.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
Alicent, not at all her friend in the book, is chained up and not sent off on some silly assassination attempt to kill her son, Aemond.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of chain

Verb

Some more images show Kidman, Bullock, 62, King, 26, and Williams, 29, wearing flowing gowns while hooked onto wires, seemingly filming a scene that involves flying, in front of a blue screen.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Audiences may get hooked, mirroring the obsessional quality of true lizard people.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of hook

Verb

Daily life has turned into a tangle of compounding crises families have to unravel.

— Andrea Rodriguez, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
Absent smart, effective, and coordinated government regulation—and a slowing of deployment—these risks will only compound the social costs already piling up.

— Michael Posner, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of compound

Verb

Before getting hitched to Greenstein, Porizkova was married to musician Ric Ocasek.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 17 July 2026
Like Tubbs, Ferguson was new to the city, having only recently settled there after the better part of a year spent hitching trains with his pregnant girlfriend.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Definition of hitch

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That mind is a model, an enormous statistical object assembled by feeding it a quantity of text and images nobody has ever fully itemized.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Instead, the first 100 days are likely to be judged by whether the new president establishes credibility, assembles an effective governing team and demonstrates that campaign promises can evolve into a coherent governing strategy.

— Armando Regil Velasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of assemble

Verb

The objective should be to build an ecosystem where American and allied manufacturers compete to produce the world’s best robotics, raising the bar for the entire industry rather than simply shielding it from global competitors.

— Ariyan Kabir, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
After a nine-month pause, Houthi militants in Yemen allied to Iran resumed attacks on vessels in the Red Sea on July 22, 2026, directly targeting the group’s longtime foe Saudi Arabia.

— Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of ally

Verb

Rowling and longtime confederates Neil Blair and Ruth Kenley-Letts are exec producing, so she is expected to be involved in the decision-making on the series.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025
Authorities are accusing Antonio Hernandez and confederates Ivan Murillo-Hernandez and Alexis Garcia Martinez of ripping off mail from unsuspecting venues with the help of four juveniles, whose names were not released.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024

Definition of confederate

Verb

Eagles typically begin mating at 5 though some have started at the age of 4.

— Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 31 July 2026
So the magnolia is a generalist, and the orchids are very, very specialized, sometimes in cooperative ways with their pollinators, and sometimes in sneaky exploitative ways, like pretending to be a female wasp so male wasps try and mate with you.

— Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 30 July 2026

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