PATROLLED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

patrolled

verb

past tense of patrol

as in guarded

to walk or go around or through (an area, building, etc.) especially in order to make sure that it is safe The squad had orders to patrol the area. The border is patrolled by the army.

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Recent Examples of patrolled Children as young as 7 patrolled the neighborhood on skateboards and bicycles with walkie-talkies, paid by the gang to act as lookouts for police. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The park hugs 118 winding miles of the Rio Grande, nearly a quarter of the international boundary patrolled by Customs and Border Protection in the much larger Big Bend Sector. — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 Justin Simon, Valencia, linebacker, junior Simon patrolled the short field and laid down key tackles for Valencia in 2025. — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026 Calm returned to Baidoa on Tuesday as security forces patrolled major streets and inspected buildings and vehicles damaged in the fighting. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 The Confederate ironclad Tennessee patrolled the bay, and Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines stood sentry over the entrance. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026 The result is to create a robotic fleet that would be a massive force multiplier and allow for a much larger area of ocean to be patrolled at one time. — David Szondy august 17, New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2026 Soldiers patrolled the city's commercial and government buildings Friday while an enhanced police presence could be seen on Ceuta's main avenues, Reuters reported. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Her earliest memories are of an underground bunker, patrolled by male guards with whips, where she was imprisoned with thirty-nine older women. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

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The inner workings of these buildings are guarded like state secrets.

— Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
This marks the beginning of replacing the Vietnam-era UH-1N Huey, which has guarded the country’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fields for over 50 years.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026

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The city of Wickhills is protected by Seaborne, an intelligence agency that hires street-smart types like Vycol Ferec on top-secret missions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), nine out of ten people who come in close contact with someone who is infected will become ill if they are not protected, especially by vaccination.

— Eva Flowe August 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 Aug. 2026

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