The man put the gun against his forehead and squeezed the trigger.
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Squeezed
Synonyms for "squeezed" (65 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Adjective(1 words)
Verb(5 words)
Strong matches (20)
constrictedcontractedcrampeddistresseddown to bedrockembarrassedfeeling the pinchhard upill offill-offimpecuniousin narrow circumstancesin queer streetin reduced circumstancesin straitened circumstancesknittedland-poornarrownipped
Verb(1 words)
Related words (32)
on the edgeout of pocketpinchedpinched-inpoorpoorly offpuckeredpursedreducedshortshort of cashshort of fundsshort of moneysolidifiedstraitenedstrangledstrangulatedstrappedunmoneyedunprosperous
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Related word relations
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More general
8 entriesconstrainteconomic conditionforce applicationmechanical actionoperational constraintphysical statepressurespatial constraint
More specific
12 entriesbudget squeezebudget-constrainedcompactedcongestedcrampedcrushedhand squeezehydraulic squeezeresource-stretchedspace constrainttime squeezevacuum squeeze
Collocations
10 entrieshydraulic squeezesqueezed budgetsqueezed datasqueezed middlesqueezed resourcessqueezed samplesqueezed schedulesqueezed spacesqueezed statesqueezed volume
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
6 entriesSample sentences
10 total sentences available.
The government finances are severely squeezed.
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I squeezed the juice out of the oranges.
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The girl squeezed her doll affectionately.
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