whacked

verb

past tense of whack
1
as in smacked
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner whacked the vending machine to get the candy bar to fall

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2
as in assassinated
slang to put to death deliberately without a second thought the mob boss had them whacked

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Recent Examples of whacked The Colts got whacked by the Ravens, and their new-look defense was awful. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026 Poor guy is probably just trying to watch the home run derby in peace and just got drive by whacked by me. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026 Pop, a Romanian, was rolling through another service game when Bobker whacked an easy backhand beyond the baseline. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 July 2026 The experience was not entirely dissimilar to getting whacked in the skull. — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 Mitchell Robinson elbow checked him in the face, Jose Alvarado pulled off a single-legged take-down in the first half, and Towns drew a frustration flagrant foul when Wembanyama whacked him in the face. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026 The wacky misplay happened during the top of the fourth inning on June 2, when Rockies third baseman TJ Rumfield whacked a deep fly to right field, which then grazed off the left side of Adell’s glove and off the top of his head. — Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026 The Labour government has whacked levies on private schools, introduced mansion taxes and is attempting to redistribute the nation’s wealth at a pace that would make Vladimir Lenin weep with joy. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 May 2026 Airline stocks are getting whacked this morning thanks to the oil price surge. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whacked
  1. smacked
  2. assassinated
  3. slapped
  4. murdered
  5. knocked
  6. executed
  7. hit
  8. killed
Verb
  • The Eagles also have been smacked with injuries and played without several key starters.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper, two longtime opponents for this franchise, then smacked consecutive homers off Lee, who’d surrendered three long balls the entire regular season.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026
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  • This is where Catto was assassinated 155 years ago during a tumultuous Election Day in 1871.
    — Timothy Welbeck, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Yeah, people just want to see if I really did get assassinated by Madonna’s Cartel.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of assassinated
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  • After Daria Rae slapped her backstage, Hartwell was rewarded with a shot at the Knockouts Championship against Brookside.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • At the funeral my half-sister told me I was emotionally disturbed and my memories of being slapped were lies.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of slapped
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  • The flow of money from Qatar into Gaza has taken on new significance since October 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists stormed southern Israel, murdered some 1,200 people, and took 251 more hostage.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The child was Leslie Ann Downey, one of five victims murdered by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between 1963 and 1965.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of murdered
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  • 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
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  • Instead of flying the drone remotely with individual controls, the F-22 pilot sent high-level tactical instructions that the drone’s onboard autonomy software interpreted and executed.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • There's no one character who came up with the idea and executed it … the existence of AI today comes down to many papers, many individual discoveries, and a whole lot of obsession.
    — Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of executed
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  • 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
  • At the conference on Thursday, police did not name the victims, the shooter, or the bystander who killed him.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The subsequent airstrike killed him and, according to independent estimates, at least 125 other people.
    — Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of killed

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“Whacked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whacked. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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