MUSCLED Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

muscled

verb

Definition of muscled next

past tense of muscle

as in forced

to cause (a person) to give in to pressure he was muscled out of command by his opponents at military headquarters

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as in pushed

to force one's way muscling straight through the packed crowd of people waiting to board the ship

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Recent Examples of muscled Chonkers, a roughly 2,000-pound Steller sea lion, has muscled his way onto San Francisco’s most famous floating docks and turned the place into his personal stage. —

Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026 Robertson responded by snapping in a rebound after Matt Duchene — who has seven points in four games — muscled a shot from just outside the crease that ricocheted off Wallstedt. —

CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026 Jung muscled an inside slider for an opposite-field homer into the home bullpen in right-center following Corey Seager’s single to help the Rangers tie the A’s atop the AL West at 14-13. —

ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026 Karl-Anthony Towns muscled his way for baskets. —

Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 19 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for muscled

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But, according to the Department of Homeland Security, the majority of trafficking victims—seventy-seven per cent—are forced into labor.

— Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
The fire destroyed two structures — a cabin and an equipment shed — and forced the evacuation of 11 National Park Service employees, who were rescued by a Santa Barbara County Fire Department helicopter.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026