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adjective

Definition of prongednext
as in barbed

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verb

past tense of prong
as in perforated

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Recent Examples of pronged
Adjective
The hosts went with a three-pronged seam attack including Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman and Nahid Rana. — ABC News, 8 June 2026 To their favor, Curacao never led in their match, which essentially solved one leg of the two-pronged problem heading into Thursday. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 25 June 2026 And that is a multi-pronged issue that includes executing on every single puck touch despite being under intense pressure, on making decisions under that pressure, and on thinking in the future. — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 26 May 2026 But at the Olympics in 2024, Rodman, wearing standout pink braids, teamed with Sophia Wilson (née Smith) and Mallory Swanson to form a three-pronged attack dubbed Triple Espresso. — Sean Gregory, Time, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for pronged
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pronged
  1. barbed
  2. perforated
  3. spiky
  4. thrust
  5. jagged
  6. riddled
  7. spiked
  8. punched
Adjective
  • The fence, as constructed, is more than 8 feet tall and is topped with a strand of barbed wire — too high for many animals to jump and dangerous for those that attempt to do so.
    — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 28 June 2026
  • Vines have grown through the fence and barbed wire surrounding a tall art deco building in this city’s downtown, and cigarette holders and empty food tins litter the tall weeds.
    — Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 24 June 2026
Definition of barbed
Verb
  • The Test Kitchen prefers perforated grill baskets ($30, Amazon).
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2026
  • This fat line fed a series of narrower pipes in the tower, which ran along the corners of every floor, wall, and ceiling, and were perforated to spray gas into the rooms.
    — Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
Definition of perforated
Adjective
  • Still, even with the Justice Department approving the WBD merger late last week without any concessions, the Paramount Skydance’s CEO’s happy face masked some spikey obstacles to the merger from overseas and in state houses over Ellison’s strategic bear hug with the ex-Apprentice host.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 June 2026
  • This will be a bumper quarter for oil and gas shareholders, who have always learned to stick it out through the doldrums for spikey periods like this.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Definition of spiky
Verb
  • Now another boom, AI, has thrust him back into the three-comma club.
    — Kirk Ogunrinde, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • On board, the crew prepared to thrust heaving lines over the white hull of this historic 295-foot behemoth.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of thrust
Adjective
  • The slightest details, or the smallest bits of structure, are what stick out—what can feel like an amorphous ooze of nothingness suddenly snaps into place thanks to a rhythmic rattle or jagged vocal sample.
    — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026
  • Look at the jagged lines, the geometric shapes, the neon colour schemes, the tall collars, the billowing short sleeves.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of jagged
Verb
  • The song's music video, which was riddled with clever Easter eggs throughout, was released shortly after at the MTV VMAs.
    — Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
  • Photos of Haaland on the tarmac posted to social media were riddled with homophobia and comments questioning the striker’s masculinity.
    — Teddy Brown, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
Definition of riddled
Adjective
  • CrowdStrike and Palo Alto rallied 95% and 113%, respectively, between April and June for their best quarter on record, as new artificial intelligence tools have spiked demand for more sophisticated cyber defense.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 30 June 2026
  • The map introduces the armored Oni, which swings a spiked kanabō, plus Scorched Zombies and fiery Hellhounds tied to its lava-field hazards.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of spiked
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
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