as in bumped
to come into usually forceful contact with something
the snowball thudded against the side of my car
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Recent Examples of thudded
Boots thudded against hardwood and then started up the stairs.
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Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
Flights across the Middle East were disrupted, and air defense fire thudded over Dubai.
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Dallas Morning News,
1 Mar. 2026
Flights across the Middle East were disrupted, and air defense fire thudded over Dubai, the United Arab Emirates’ commercial capital.
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Jon Gambrell,
Fortune,
1 Mar. 2026
Police tape cordoned off the scene where fire and police vehicle lights flashed and helicopter blades thudded overhead.
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Arkansas Online,
27 Nov. 2025
David Stearns’ pitching staff failed in the second half of the season, and his trade-deadline acquisitions thudded.
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Tim Britton,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
Flights across the Middle East were disrupted, and air defense fire thudded over Dubai.
—
Dallas Morning News,
1 Mar. 2026
Flights across the Middle East were disrupted, and air defense fire thudded over Dubai, the United Arab Emirates’ commercial capital.
—
Jon Gambrell,
Fortune,
1 Mar. 2026
Police tape cordoned off the scene where fire and police vehicle lights flashed and helicopter blades thudded overhead.
—
Arkansas Online,
27 Nov. 2025
David Stearns’ pitching staff failed in the second half of the season, and his trade-deadline acquisitions thudded.
—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thudded
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The controversy only exploded the very next week when it was revealed the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) re-implemented a pilot program that bumped every girl who finished behind the trans athlete up by one spot on the podium.
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The sum total of their spending has bumped Haley Stevens by four points.
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In a scathing Instagram post this morning, LuPone, who has long been devoted to her equally enamored gay fandom, slammed Turkey’s latest homophobic move.
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Investigators said the Tesla slammed through a brick home at a high rate of speed, fatally striking Avila.
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Haaland and his teammates sat on the wet pitch as Ødegaard banged the drum.
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Soon, the players on the field joined in, sitting down and rowing as captain Martin Ødegaard banged a large drum.
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Jayed ruled that Waldermar Anton collided with the keeper while the ball was airborne, disallowing the goal.
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The vehicle stopped at the end of the ramp, then the motorcycle collided with it.
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Two of the attackers then smashed the windshield of the news van with a parking cone and damaged the camera before leaving the scene.
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The van’s windows were smashed and a lone orange traffic cone sat on the hood.
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Avila was inside the residence when the vehicle crashed into the home.
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Balogun crashed into Bosnia’s Tarik Muharemović, landing his foot on top of Muharemović’s during the physical match.
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In May, a minibus rammed into a bus parked along a motorway in northwest Pakistan, killing 17 people and injuring five others.
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In May, a frightened horse rammed into another carriage, causing the vehicle to flip over, injuring the driver.
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Tatis led off and knocked Boyd's fifth pitch over the left-field bleachers onto Waveland Avenue, before Chicago answered in the bottom of the inning when Seiya Suzuki scored on Carson Kelly's RBI single.
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Kale said her 11-year-old and 16-year-old sons knocked the bat off her and killed it.
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“Thudded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thudded. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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