bangs up

present tense third-person singular of bang up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bangs up
Verb
  • This interaction damages skin cells and can trigger irritation, redness, stinging or burning.
    Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • If the power outage is specific to your home, say a lightning strike damages your electrical system, things change.
    Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • What hurts me doesn't necessarily hurt another person with the same loss.
    Heather Straughter, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Negative, mean or even well-intended but poorly delivered feedback always hurts.
    Susanne Biro, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • How childhood food insecurity fuels eating disorder risk Lacking consistent access to food harms children’s physical health and well-being in the short term and puts them at higher risk for significant mental health problems in the future.
    Oona Hanson, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
  • By continuing to engage with these entities, the Academy risks aligning with a system that inadvertently harms the very people these sanctions aim to protect.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist and a former Google executive, has warned in the past that there is a 10% to 20% chance that AI wipes out humans.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
  • That timeline could shrink if a massive fraud wipes out public confidence in the Internet.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • While alcohol typically impairs coordination and reaction time, drugs present a more complex picture.
    Andrew Yockey, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This imbalance undermines trust, impairs decision-making and fuels agency problems.
    Michael Hilb, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Farmers don’t typically grow pawpaws because the raw fruit spoils easily and is difficult to ship, according to the Kansas State University E​xtension Office.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This post spoils the entirety of My Life With the Walter Boys Season 2, specifically the finale.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The shift change shatters my sleep like a robin’s egg crashing against pavement.
    Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Most sitcoms that cast celebrities to play themselves go the Thompson route, crafting a character that completely shatters the person’s public image.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Deadly holiday weekend mars broad crime drop The back-and-forth followed a Labor Day weekend of deadly violence in Chicago worse than in the previous two years, with seven people shot to death, according to preliminary Chicago Police Department reports.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Valuing a project at cost of production rather than value in an arm’s length sale—common in all economic statistics—especially mars Chinese data.
    Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Bangs up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bangs%20up. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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