pasted

verb

past tense of paste
1
as in whipped
to defeat by a large margin with the economy having gone south, it was hardly surprising that the incumbent party got pasted in the general election

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2
as in slapped
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner pasted the soccer ball halfway across the field

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Recent Examples of pasted There is always a new poster ready to be pasted. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 June 2026 The hardware stores are all sold out of chalk powder, which can be pasted onto the outside of panes to reflect more sunlight. — Henry Grabar, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026 Whether stowed in a recipe tin, pasted in a book, or safely tucked away in a memory, family recipes are part of what makes cooking so special. — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 2 July 2026 They were raised in congressional hearings and pasted on posters in anti-ICE demonstrations. — Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2026 On top of all this, Apple says the warnings will definitely pop up if a command that’s been pasted in Terminal is known to be malicious. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 7 May 2026 While traditional wallpaper is meticulously pasted to a wall, peel-and-stick attaches quickly with an adhesive backing. — Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 16 Apr. 2026 Online job listings have become so formulaic — copy-pasted from old descriptions and bloated with internal jargon — that even strong candidates scroll past them without a second look. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 23 June 2026 Companies are watching sensitive data get pasted into systems with no enterprise protections. — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasted
  1. whipped
  2. slapped
  3. bombed
  4. punched
  5. flattened
  6. smacked
  7. buried
  8. knocked
Verb
  • Aceh’s Sharia court ordered the two people to be whipped with a rattan cane 21 times each for kissing without being married.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Impress party-goers with this Fourth of July colored layered dessert starring fresh berries, angel food cake, and whipped topping.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
Definition of whipped
Verb
  • Some of them slapped strict limits on all gas stations; in others, gas station chains limited how much fuel could be bought.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • Actor Orlando Brown slapped recording artist Ray J in the face with a wad of cash.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
Definition of slapped
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  • Helldivers 2 was bombed with hundreds of thousands of negative reviews, and Sony reversed the policy within days.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • After easing through the first three innings, Bryan Reynolds hit a double off the top of the left field fence and Valdez bombed one to left to cut the Phillies' lead to 5-2.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Definition of bombed
Verb
  • That punched El Tri's ticket straight to the Round of 16 and kept the host nation's tournament dream alive for at least one more match.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • Rocha punched it in the nose and the shark let go and swam away.
    — Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of punched
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  • Jonas, a program analyst at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was on the job for five days before Hurricane Harvey flattened homes along the Texas coast in 2017.
    — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
  • These sprawling facilities devour an enormous amount of power, require heaps of water to keep cool, and generate tons of noise, on top of being an eyesore that requires hundreds of acres of land be flattened.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 2 July 2026
Definition of flattened
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  • Eury Perez dominated with seven perfect innings, and the Miami Marlins smacked four homers before holding on for a wild 9-8 victory over the host Athletics on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
  • Wyatt-Hodge, who launched the tournament two weeks ago with a century against Sri Lanka, smacked a 32-ball fifty.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
Definition of smacked
Verb
  • However, at least 7,500 remain missing buried under the rubble, the Palestinian health ministry told CNN on June 28.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Would her child be buried in a separate part of the cemetery without the appropriate eulogies?
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of buried
Verb
  • Tatis led off and knocked Boyd's fifth pitch over the left-field bleachers onto Waveland Avenue, before Chicago answered in the bottom of the inning when Seiya Suzuki scored on Carson Kelly's RBI single.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Kale said her 11-year-old and 16-year-old sons knocked the bat off her and killed it.
    — Kelli Arseneau, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of knocked

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