bum-rushed

verb

past tense of bum-rush
as in mobbed

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  1. mobbed
  2. swarmed
  3. attacked
  4. assaulted
  5. robbed
  6. rushed
  7. stormed
  8. ambushed
Verb
  • After his winner split the uprights, Cassidy was mobbed by his teammates and lifted onto their shoulders.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • In a previous interview with Fox News Digital, Williams recalled being mobbed by thousands of fans during a concert at the Del Mar Racetrack in California.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of mobbed
Verb
  • Continue reading ⦠-- IN OTHER NEWS OUT OF BOUNDS â Enes Kanter Freedom swarmed by police officers while trying to enter WNBA Finals.
    — , FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Scores of residents were evacuated from their homes near the base as armed police officers and army bomb-disposal experts swarmed the rural area.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of swarmed
Verb
  • The men were returning to camp when their white armored Toyota Land Cruiser was attacked by members of the two Haitian gangs.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
  • After Israel accepted its meager portion, Arabs attacked and retained a significant part of the land that was to be divided between Jews and Arabs.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of attacked
Verb
  • Becerril had been assaulted before his body was placed in the trunk, according to the CHP.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • California Highway Patrol Central Division Chief Damon Gilmore said at a press conference on Wednesday that Becerril had been assaulted and shot before being placed in the trunk.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of assaulted
Verb
  • To make matters worse, this isn't the first time the band has been robbed.
    — Renee Anderson, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Photojournalist Heidi Levine was knocked down, beaten, and robbed of her camera equipment by masked settlers in an attack captured on video by other journalists.
    — Cameron Peters, Vox, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of robbed
Verb
  • Portis rushed to his teammates’ defense, getting into Gafford’s face before the two teams separated them.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Wessel was rushed to hospital; Hohler was arrested a couple of days later.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of rushed
Verb
  • Republicans stormed to their first majority in the House (54 seats net) in 40 years and recaptured the Senate with eight new seats there as well.
    — Ron Elving, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
  • In 2006, the Charger stormed the market as a rubber-burning full-size sedan that gained muscle over the years, culminating in a 797-horsepower variant.
    — Matt Degen, AJC.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of stormed
Verb
  • Three planeloads of soldiers from El Salvador landed in Haiti on Friday, days after the Central American nation’s president angrily threatened Haitian gangs that ambushed a group of Salvadoran soldiers over the past weekend who remain missing.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Task Force were returning to their camp Sunday in a white all-terrain Toyota when they were ambushed by heavily armed criminals, according to the Salvadoran military.
    — Widlore Mérancourt, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of ambushed
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