whammed

verb

Definition of whammednext
past tense of wham
as in smacked

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  1. smacked
  2. hit
  3. slammed
  4. punched
  5. chopped
  6. attacked
  7. swatted
Verb
  • The old chief attempted to do a special review of Bitcoin miners but got smacked down by a federal court.
    Brady Dale, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Freeman, who had been struggling through an ankle injury, smacked the first pitch from Nestor Cortes 413 feet in the 10th inning of Game 1 for the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history.
    NBC Los Angeles, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of smacked
Verb
  • But the Expos won only 52 games that season, and Sutherland hit a mere .239 with three home runs and a .289 on-base percentage in 141 games.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
  • However, some parts of China’s economy have shown signs of a recovery, with manufacturing activity expanding for two months in a row and hitting a five-month high in November.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of hit
Verb
  • New York City, like Ohio and Philadelphia, is another place that was slammed early by fentanyl.
    Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
  • However, Bannon has routinely slammed Musk in the past.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of slammed
Verb
  • The Baltimore Ravens punched their ticket to the postseason and kept their hopes for a division title alive Saturday.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The Magic, however, punched back in the third with a 22-3 run powered by turning defense into offense.
    Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of punched
Verb
  • After all, a double-digit yield isn’t much good if it is soon chopped to single digits.
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • In the intervening decades, though, the surviving members have seen their statement get chopped and screwed into morsels, divorced from its context.
    Jazmine Hughes, Them, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of chopped
Verb
  • Caretakers at All Things Wild Rehabilitation believe that Polly, a 1-year-old Pekin duck who's missing part of her bill, was dumped at a pond by her former owner and attacked by a snapping turtle.
    Natalie Escobar, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The site has previously been attacked by Ukrainian drones.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of attacked
Verb
  • Mims swatted Pollock's hand away, then stormed off.
    Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Brunson’s early output set the tone Thursday for another balanced offensive explosion by the Knicks, who swatted away the Hornets, 125-101, at Madison Square Garden for their fourth consecutive win.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of swatted
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