whacked

past tense of whack
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Verb
  • And then the game itself smacked him like Zack Bolduc’s hit that knocked Hall upside down into the Blues bench.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
  • She got smacked, but the ball went in.
    Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Israel assassinated a top commander of Iran’s Quds Force, in Damascus, and that set off a whole chain of events which led to the first ever Iranian strike on Israel and then Israel’s response.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Another big turning point was in September, when Israel set off the pager bombs and, shortly afterward, assassinated Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Melissa DeRosa, who served as secretary under former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, called out the sitting governor's post and mentioned that another person had been murdered.
    Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Last year, the county saw 98 people murdered.
    Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Against United, Adams understood his assignment and executed it very well.
    Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Five people were executed during the presidential transition period in 2021, breaking precedent for halting executions before the transfer of power between different administrations.
    Sophie Clark, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • At her best, the 26-year-old’s powerful hitting from the baseline is borderline unstoppable, particularly on hard courts.
    George Ramsay, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Last week, when quarterback Patrick Mahomes — tackled at the ankles and about to hit the turf — threw a touchdown pass to Kelce, the Chief’s German Instagram page, chiefsdeutschland, responded with a photo and all-capital letters caption: DIESER TD HAT UNS SPRACHLOS GEMACHT.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Two people are dead and 19 others injured after a small plane slammed into a Fullerton warehouse filled with workers.
    Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Gomez, for instance, was slammed by Mexican actor Eugenio Derbez (who later apologized) over her Spanish in the film.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Eazy The Block Captain and Shields also hopped into the fray, with Eazy disputing Papoose’s claim that he was punched unconscious and challenging him to a fight.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Rosa went on to detail that one of the young women punched her in the face, causing her glasses to fly to the floor, at which point a second teen grabbed a pouch containing Rosa's ID and medical records.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • My heartbeat pounded in my ears, drowning out the anticipatory purr of two ambulance engines idling nearby.
    Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Fieri’s tenders are wide and flat, resembling pounded and breaded chicken cutlets.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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