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as in bumped
to come into usually forceful contact with something
the toy car banged into the wall and stopped
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as in knocked
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
idly banged trees with a stick
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as in slammed
to shove into a closed position with force and noise
stomped off to his room and banged the door
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Recent Examples of banged
Dostal blocked Hughes’ slap shot from the point, but Kaprizov banged a shot past Dostal after a scramble in front of the net for his 24th goal.
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Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Dostal blocked Hughes' slap shot from the point, but Kaprizov banged a shot past Dostal after a scramble in front of the net for his 24th goal.
—CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
He got banged around a bit prior to checking out and heading to the locker room trailed by head team trainer Pete Elliott.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 15 Dec. 2025
The wooden door into the yard often banged at night.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Near where Cuin and Thiane were kicking around, Berkeley resident Marcelio Ramos banged his drum in preparation for the first draw.
—Mathew Miranda
december 5, Sacbee.com, 5 Dec. 2025
How to Watch Iowa vs Nebraska Drew Stevens banged through a 44-yard field goal with two seconds left on Saturday to lift Iowa past visiting Michigan State 20-17, improving the Hawkeyes to 5-3 in the Big Ten Conference.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
His only misses had banged off an upright in Purdue and Oregon.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 27 Nov. 2025
The video shows blood on Moriarty’s hands and the young man whose head was banged into the pavement with a facial injury.
—Jason Kravarik, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banged
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Those who remain are concentrated in Venezuela’s cities, including its capital, Caracas, where the street market in the Catia neighborhood once was so busy that shoppers bumped into one another and dodged oncoming traffic.—
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Those who remain are concentrated in Venezuela’s cities, including its capital, Caracas, where the street market in the Catia neighborhood once was so busy that shoppers bumped into one another and dodged oncoming traffic.—
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White egrets stood in the shallows, a woodpecker knocked somewhere nearby, and pairs of green parrots flew upstream, beating their wings in time.—
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He was eventually knocked free of the vehicle, and suffered significant lacerations that required 33 stitches, the official said.—
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Wilson slammed Homeland Security officials for the shooting that came a day after a woman was fatally shot by immigration agents in Minneapolis.—
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Many Democrats have slammed the administration's conclusions, arguing that the video does not appear to show the woman trying to hit officers.—
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Three people were killed and two others were hospitalized after two vehicles collided Saturday afternoon at an intersection on the American River Parkway near North Sacramento.—
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Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova were returning from a talent camp in Kansas when their American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter and crashed into the icy Potomac River in January 2025.—
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The group has smacked around quarterbacks, tackled well and dominated most key areas but hasn’t taken the ball away like an elite defense.—
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We’re getting smacked around by teams by 30, 40 points.—
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Bowie has eyes shut behind pink shadow and corpse-like marble skin on the cover of Aladdin Sane, from 1973.—
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Although the closing date has yet to be determined, Nuccio’s in all likelihood will shut its gates sometime in April or May.—
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The engine compartment caught fire, so the agent smashed a window to help free her.—
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Windows smashed, citizens detained, citizens shot.—
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Five players were booked during their defeat to Cameroon, including Foster, who slapped the linesman’s hand twice and screamed in his face in frustration over a decision.—
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Its tail slapped the surface of the water, marking la paiche’s territory.—
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“Banged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banged. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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