PRIED Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

pried 1 of 2

verb (1)

past tense of pry

as in pulled

to raise, move, or pull apart with or as if with a lever it took some effort to pry up the trap door

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as in yanked

to draw out by force or with effort a vain attempt to pry the cork out of a wine bottle

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pried

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verb (2)

past tense of pry

as in interfered

to interest oneself in what is not one's concern don't go prying into other people's business

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Someone pried open the rear cover to a truck and stole a set of golf clubs for a loss of about $3,000. — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026 But maybe pried his focus and joy and freedom away just a little bit going into the year. — Will Sammon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 The latest was on Sunday, when interior doors of the restaurant were forced and pried open and $1,300 was stolen, all while a cleaning crew was inside. — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2026 The thieves moved through a massive vault door and pried open 146 large safe deposit boxes packed with millions of dollars' worth of cash, precious stones and metal, rare coins and stamps, jewelry and bars of silver. — Tom Mooney, The Providence Journal, 14 Aug. 2026 Security video of the early April 9 morning burglary shows three men entered the business through a broken window, smashed the machines with sledge hammers and pried out the boxes while a fourth man acted as lookout, the report said. — Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 Poole is a top-100 prospect from the Peach State and what makes his commitment to FSU even more impressive is the fact that the Noles pried him away from the home-state Georgia Bulldogs. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Once inside, the suspects smashed video poker machines with a sledgehammer and pried open an ATM, but did not leave with any money. — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 30 July 2026 After the Navy shipped out, hurricane-force Aleutian winds pried homes apart. — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 20 July 2026

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Shohei Ohtani emerged from the visiting dugout at American Family Field with a bat in his hand, and the mass of media members scattered in foul territory up the third-base line shifted his way, pulled by the magnetic force that is Ohtani’s stardom.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
On Wednesday, the Congressional Leadership Fund, the House Republicans' super PAC, effectively dropped its push to boost Tijerina and pulled millions of dollars in ads from the district, a person familiar with the decision confirmed.

— Justin Papp, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of pulled

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Ignoring that rule could get flood insurance coverage yanked for an entire community.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Wi-Fi is not free on those services; T-Mobile used to comp at least an hour of connectivity for subscribers, but quietly yanked that benefit in April.

— Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of yanked

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He was supposed to be one-on-one with Reigns before Jimmy Uso interfered and cost him the title.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
The robot had to remove the lid, pick up the banana and place it on the plate, while adjusting its actions if a person interfered or an attempt failed.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of interfered

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That flattened front-end design is lifted loosely from the GT1 Le Mans racer, while the back half has tinges of the 959.

— Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 15 Oct. 2026
Motorists, fed up with the second malfunction of the week, got out of their cars and lifted the arms so others could drive under, either venturing into or out of the Folsom Boulevard commuter traffic.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of lifted

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Their opportunity came during the cross-examination of Elizabeth Riddell, an FBI case manager who had extracted messages and other data from the cellphones of defendants in the case.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026
Both the driver and semi were taken to the Newton-Azrak Station in Murrieta, where hazardous response specialists extracted the liquid contents from the tank, which tested positive for meth, the release said.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of extracted

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Varieties like ‘Owari Satsuma’ and ‘Tango’ are particularly prized for indoor growing.

— Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 16 Oct. 2026
The rounded, polished stones depart from the faceted brilliance traditionally prized in diamond jewelry, revealing another dimension of the material’s natural character.

— Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of prized

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During fall, a train window serves as the perfect perch for leaf-peeping in river valleys aglow in crimson and gold or passing through small towns that look like they’ve been plucked from a Hallmark movie.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Midwest Living, 15 Oct. 2026
As the party winded down, guests plucked final bites off silver platters and marveled at how tall Skarsgård truly is in person—his nearly six-foot-five frame barely fit under the bar’s low ceilings.

— Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 14 Oct. 2026

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