whammed

past tense of wham

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for whammed
Verb
  • Taylor Trammell then smacked his first triple of the year off the brick wall in right field before Allen sent him home with the go-ahead run off Keaton Winn (2-3).
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • When Cunningham went up, Carrington jumped and smacked her in the face.
    Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Poor guy is probably just trying to watch the home run derby in peace and just got drive by whacked by me.
    Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026
  • Pop, a Romanian, was rolling through another service game when Bobker whacked an easy backhand beyond the baseline.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • Ventura County Animal Services said Bruce, who was muzzled at the time, knocked the man to the ground.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Moments later, Sikorski walked past the teen girl who was recording the incident and her phone was knocked to the ground.
    Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Later in the series, Shah finds himself getting slapped in the face.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Slapping and/or being slapped was one of Oliver’s handful of requests for his soap opera appearance, along with playing a character with a ridiculous name, and wearing an equally ridiculous wig.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Moehrig responded with 103 tackles — one off his 2024 total — while establishing career highs with 14 tackles for loss, three sacks and seven quarterback hits.
    Joseph Person, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The height of hurricane season looms, and Gulf Coast refineries have in the past been derailed by major hurricanes hitting the Gulf Coast.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Four years before the Falcon 9 upper stage crashed near Einstein Crater, for example, part of a Chinese Long March 3C rocket slammed into the moon's far side.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Danon slammed anti-Israel critics for relying on fake terrorist data while Hamas actively hijacked and marked up aid.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • When Rigo arrived and asked about the minivan, he was shown a video of the crime scene being picked up and smashed to pieces.
    Lauren Clark, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • At a red light, one officer rushed out of the patrol car, smashed the driver’s-side window and pulled the driver to the ground.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Two people who saw the surveillance video recognized the man who punched Wilson as Harris, and one knew him from previous assaults in the area, the complaint said.
    Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 13 Aug. 2026
  • By Wednesday, Carter said, fallen branches had punched several holes through roofs across the campus, including the administration building.
    Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
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“Whammed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whammed. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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