SNARED Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

snared

verb

past tense of snare

as in trapped

to catch or hold as if in a net easily distracted by any bright object that snared his eye

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as in grabbed

to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly campers trying to snare brook trout for supper

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Recent Examples of snared Already the film has snared more than $50 million in presales, Disney said Wednesday during the Goldman Sachs’ Communcacopia + Technology conference. — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026 With two outs and the bases loaded, Francisco Lindor snared a line drive by David Hamilton to keep the game tied. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026 Oswalt reached to his right and snared the comebacker, securing the last out of his perfect game. — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Court records detail the expansive cocaine trafficking ring that snared two Penn State University fraternities and led to charges against 14 people. — Michael Guise, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 But first, dropping back from a low zone along the right sideline, Pettus snared a deep pass intended for Mack Hollins amid a crowd of players. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 1 Aug. 2026 Starting the game with a miss on a rare 3-point attempt, Reed recovered with an early block on a layup attempt from Trevor Keels and snared seven rebounds, three on the offensive end, in an 88-87 loss to the Miami Heat. — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 4 July 2026 Retirees and near-retirees are the taxpayers snared most often by the Stealth Taxes. — Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 Telemundo snared those rights away from Univision in 2023. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 7 May 2026

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This year, heavensouls dropped westside trapped, a showcase of plundersymphonic finesse and a tribute to Nigerian beats.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
Rae, trapped in a ghetto in Novogrudok, watched the Nazis murder her mother and one of her sisters.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of trapped

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Nantz tried to knock the ball from Watt, but hit his wrist hard on the football and immediately grabbed his hand.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
The former center grabbed headlines in March for commenting on a Rangers loss that coincided with the team’s Pride Night celebration.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

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The costly dispute instead stretched for almost a decade, becoming tangled up with the War of the Austrian Succession.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Oct. 2026
Besides the challenge of rebuilding the tunnel, the railroad has been tangled for several years in legal disputes with the city of Fort Bragg and the California Coastal Commission.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of tangled

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Her singing caught the attention of Abboud Saadi, the bassist for Lebanon’s most famous singer, Fairuz, who invited her to a recording session with Bypass Studio owner Ziad Rahbani.

— Shy Clara Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
Following her death, Trail dismembered Loofe’s body to avoid getting caught.

— Samantha Bergeson, Time, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of caught

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In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Also unfinished are the high-speed rail and the Delta tunnel, major environmental infrastructure projects that have been seized upon by right-wing media as evidence of Newsom’s failures.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of seized

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Mitchell Fairbarn was captured on surveillance video carrying the 27-year-old Chilean flamingo, Peachy, to his room after removing the bird from its enclosure at the Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel and Casino in March.

— Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2026
Pace said the majority of the incident, if not all, was captured on surveillance video.

— Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

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