sideswiped

verb

past tense of sideswipe
as in hit
US to cause the side of a vehicle to come into forceful contact with the side of another vehicle The taxi sideswiped a parked car.

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Recent Examples of sideswiped Kris Rodriguez was riding his motorcycle when a car sideswiped him, knocked him off the motorcycle and left the scene, his family told KDFW-TV. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026 Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a Venezuelan who was making a DoorDash delivery when ICE agents sideswiped his car, was seriously injured and placed in ICE custody with a bullet still lodged in his back. — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026 His attorney, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, claimed an unmarked truck chased her client and sideswiped his vehicle before he was shot. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026 However, the truck fled and sideswiped a vehicle in traffic, police said. — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2026 Corle, taken completely by surprise, was sideswiped by the massive bear and sent tumbling face first into a thick clump of brush. — Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026 Shortly afterward, another officer was nearly sideswiped by the Civic near Shackleford Road, which led to the pursuit on I-430, the release says. — Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2026 Hawaii cleans up after Hurricane Lala Communities struggled to recover after Tropical Storm Lala sideswiped Hawaii as a Category 1 hurricane, sparing the islands a direct hit but dumping more than 3½ feet of rain that caused catastrophic flooding. — Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026 The sedan the boys were driving sideswiped another vehicle traveling in the opposite direction and lost control, striking Bowling near 35th Avenue and Mangels Avenue, the Oakland police previously told PEOPLE. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sideswiped
  1. hit
  2. bumped
  3. contacted
  4. rammed
  5. swiped
  6. struck
  7. knocked
  8. collided
Verb
  • Prosecutors said Wilcox was hit by gunfire, fell to the ground and fired three more gunshots at the officers.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The different program sales operations of Skydance hit the Côte d’Azur under their pre-existing Paramount and WB brands.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of hit
Verb
  • The surfer who made the report was not bumped, bitten or otherwise hurt by the shark, Peters said.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Jay just gets bumped from one squishy chamber of viscous lumps to another, fighting like hell to avoid following his squid adversary through a puckering hole and deeper into the digestive system, where the air turns into methane.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of bumped
Verb
  • The lawsuit claims that one of the consumers received a refund only after Nessel's office contacted Klein.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • That person then contacted PETA, which sent two people to work undercover at Grand Barr and document conditions.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of contacted
Verb
  • Evidence released in court later appeared to contradict several of the administration's claims, including that Martinez rammed the CBP vehicle and was driving toward Exum when the agent opened fire.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Each block of concrete-limestone mixture was hand-rammed by 11 workers to create a distinctive block.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of rammed
Verb
  • The thefts attracted attention in September partly because of how easily the artworks appeared to have been swiped.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Just moments prior, Link had swiped some of Jo’s old pain meds as his addiction issues seem to only be getting bigger.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of swiped
Verb
  • The Houthis also struck two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Police said a dark Chevrolet pickup drove onto a field during a youth soccer game and struck children and adults.
    — Maggie Vespa, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of struck
Verb
  • Jackson followed and confronted Chubb before throwing a strike that knocked Chubb's hat off his head.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Isaias knocked the power out of nearly 450,000 homes and businesses in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Bay counties.
    — Ana Goñi-Lessan, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of knocked
Verb
  • On July 21, a man on an e-bike collided with a vehicle at the intersection of Warner Avenue and Plaza Lane.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • As a result, the right side of the pickup truck collided with the right side of the motorcycle.
    — Felix Rodriguez, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of collided

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“Sideswiped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sideswiped. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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