seethed

verb

Definition of seethednext
past tense of seethe
1
as in swirled
to be in a state of violent rolling motion the water seethed with schools of feeding piranha

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2
as in stormed
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger she seethed at the very thought of the staff's staggering incompetence

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  1. churned
  2. raged
  3. shook
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  • The storm churned east-northeastward toward Cape Canaveral with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour and is moving off the coast of Florida into the Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center.
    Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
  • But by Tuesday evening, the storm churned over the Yucatán Peninsula with maximum wind speeds hovering around 165 mph — which is above the 157 mph threshold for a Category 5 storm.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of churned
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  • For two decades, the organization has raged against government and corporate attempts to amass information on gun buyers.
    Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
  • While Pierce raged against the lecture on X, the actor best known for his roles in Suits and Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, appeared on CNN on Wednesday to walk back his online rant.
    Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of raged
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  • The two shook hands at the top of the evening and repeatedly agreed with each other throughout the debate on the major issues facing the country.
    Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
  • But, starting in the 1980s, the repression of 1968 was discussed more openly as demands for democratic change shook the dominance of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, which ruled Mexico for most of the 20th century.
    Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
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