BUTTED (ON OR AGAINST) Synonyms: 28 Similar Words

butted (on or against)

verb

past tense of butt (on or against)

as in joined

to be adjacent to our property butts on a swamp

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Klatt got it right on the broadcast … then the expert official from California joined the broadcast to tell us all the officials were correct with the pass interference and not targeting.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Jan Mulkens, a physicist, joined the company during this tumultuous period.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

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Then, another 20-year-old man, Daktari Rose Deacon, of Hyde Park, left a bathroom that adjoined the bedroom, according to police, who searched the bathroom and found another loaded firearm with an extended magazine.

— Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 20 July 2026
Two double bedrooms and a single bedroom are tucked at the end of the main floor, and are adjoined by a large outdoor terrace.

— Bridget Borgobello July 03, New Atlas, 4 July 2026

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By the time his daughter shows up, flanked by her mom and upright dentist stepdad, Lee’s moved on from scolding the room to thanking his mother for believing him.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
It’s flanked by the After chair, which is perceived as a stack of layers and elements.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of flanked

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Hybrid pic shot over several years in which a child, Germán, lives isolate in a village, surrounded by adults and elderly people.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026
Blake's mother, Christina Smith, had planned to pick up her son that day but instead arrived to find the neighborhood surrounded by police.

— Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

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