bum-rushed

verb

Definition of bum-rushednext
past tense of bum-rush
as in mobbed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bum-rushed
  1. attacked
  2. assaulted
  3. robbed
  4. ambushed
  5. raided
  6. assailed
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  • While on the ground, Evans is shot twice more with bean bag rounds and attacked twice by a police dog as Evans screams.
    Christian Martinez, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Roving gangs on scooters attacked and beat Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam, the Dutch capital, overnight in an outburst of what authorities called antisemitic violence.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of attacked
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  • Footage circulating on social media showed supporters of the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team being chased down and assaulted on Thursday night, with one video geolocated by NBC News to near Amsterdam's central station that showed fighting on the streets between the Israelis and their attackers.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • One of the women claims she was assaulted at just 13 years old while attending an MTV Video Music Awards after-party in September 2000 by a 30-year-old Combs and an unnamed male celebrity while an unnamed female celebrity watched.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of assaulted
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  • Much of that downturn can be chalked up to the three-month Comcast blackout of the Diamond Sports RSNs, which robbed some markets of more than half their usual deliveries.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Alas, climate denial campaigns led by fossil fuel companies robbed us of that option.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of robbed
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  • In 2019, Paulino and his cousin were ambushed by a group of the loggers who killed Paulino and wounded his cousin.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Since last week’s atrocity, imagery of which was widely shared on social media, the Ukrainian 82nd and 95th Air Assault Brigades, respectively holding positions southeast and southwest of the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade’s own positions in Kursk Oblast, have ambushed Russian marines.
    David Axe, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of ambushed
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  • And in what many consider the final blow to her mayoral career, Thao’s home was raided by FBI agents in July.
    Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Police raided the boat in 1948 and seized cash machines, Funk Gotlib told me.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of raided
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  • The historic disaster presented unique challenges for emergency officials trying to evacuate and safeguard residents in a mountainous region assailed by multiple floods and tropical-storm winds.
    Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
  • View Comments Megyn Kelly, the former Fox News and NBC host turned conservative podcaster, also assailed CBS for fact checking Vance’s claims.
    Hadas Gold, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of assailed
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