thudded

verb

Definition of thuddednext
past tense of thud
as in bumped
to come into usually forceful contact with something the snowball thudded against the side of my car

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  1. bumped
  2. slammed
  3. collided
  4. rammed
  5. hit
Verb
  • Click through to see which airlines bumped the largest share of their passengers during the second quarter of the year.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Notably this bumped some brands out of the top 20, including Versace, Jil Sander, Ferragamo and Balmain.
    Rhonda Richford, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of bumped
Verb
  • Advocates for student loan borrowers slammed the decision.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The family said Kyle Raleigh punched Troy Morrow and slammed him to the pavement.
    Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of slammed
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  • Despite a recent uptick, the price of oil stands well below a 2022 peak reached when the blazing-hot economic rebound from the pandemic collided with a supply shortage imposed by the Russia-Ukraine war.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The Kosi River system captured the Arun River when the two systems abruptly collided approximately 89,000 years ago.
    Carly Miller, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of collided
Verb
  • Flowers and other offerings were removed almost as soon as they were laid at a makeshift memorial in the southern city of Zhuhai, where 35 people were killed Monday evening when a car rammed into a crowd of people exercising outside a sports center.
    Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • This area was among the Gulf Coast communities struggling in the wake of back-to-back hurricanes, as Hurricane Helene rammed into the region less than two weeks before Milton arrived.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of rammed
Verb
  • Criswell was pressed specifically on FEMA's response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which hit the Southeast back-to-back, NPR's Debbie Elliott says.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The semi also hit one semi-truck, which was parked along the shoulder of the highway.
    David Chiu, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of hit
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