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adjective

as in pressed

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verb

past tense of squeeze
1
as in crushed
to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of kept squeezing the bottle until the ketchup squirted all over the table

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2
as in crammed
to fit (people or things) into a tight space I think we can squeeze a bit more into the washing machine

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3
as in earned
to get with great difficulty managed to squeeze a living by cleaning houses

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4
as in compressed
to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together squeezed the blanket until it fit into the box

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5
as in plucked
to rob by the use of trickery or threats the mob squeezes all the local merchants by threatening violence

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6
as in pushed
to force one's way I was able to squeeze through the people clustered around the luggage carousel

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Recent Examples of squeezed
Verb
Pick it up, however, and there's no mistaking how much battery Bluetti has squeezed inside. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026 Give members of the business and culture press the excuse to write about the rough economics of linear TV and how late night is particularly squeezed. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026 Like many millennials, he’s squeezed tight between caring for aging parents and raising a child. — Deputy Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 And gas prices — one of the items where consumers are getting squeezed the most — are expected to remain elevated through Election Day. — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 But the highlight of the spa is the infinity-edge rock pool, squeezed into a canyon between towering rock walls, with views out over the valley beyond. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Fedor Svechkov, one of the candidates to get squeezed, is second. — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2026 Producers are already being squeezed between competing supply chains. — Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026 That improvement in turn allowed more transistors to be squeezed into next-generation microchips with unprecedented speed and energy efficiency. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squeezed
  1. pressed
  2. crushed
  3. crammed
  4. earned
  5. compressed
  6. plucked
  7. pushed
  8. massed
Adjective
  • Lys Beauty has launched its Triple Fix pressed powder in Sincere, a new pink shade of which 100 percent of net proceeds during the month of October will be donated to The Pink Agenda, which supports breast cancer research and care.
    — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Although the restaurant downstairs might be the main attraction, those looking for an intimate, lavish escape are hard-pressed to find anything more decadent than The Witchery's nine suites.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of pressed
Verb
  • Prior to that game, Buffalo crushed the Rams, winning 31-10 with Stafford going 29-for-41 for 240 yards, one touchdown, and three interceptions.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • During the response, a tree crushed the vehicle as responders scattered.
    — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of crushed
Verb
  • The hotel is in a complex crammed with drinking and dining joints, like the Penthouse Bar & Grill on the 36th floor that offers panoramic views of the Thai capital.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • What followed was a filmography crammed with all the great leading men of her time.
    — Vogue, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of crammed
Verb
  • Luca Guadagnino‘s tech tale, which follows the five-day period in 2023 when Altman was fired and then rehired, earned rave reviews after its world premiere at New York Film Festival last week.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • But the respect the band had earned from the country firmament felt, at best, grudging.
    — Shaad D’Souza, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of earned
Verb
  • Brands face a compounding storm of carrier peak surcharges, compressed delivery windows, and intense warehouse capacity constraints.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, the team fed the moment-by-moment activity of 332 brain regions into CEBRA, a machine-learning tool that compressed the data down to its essential structure while preserving the order of events.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of compressed
Verb
  • Some series plucked peripheral movie characters for unnecessary small-screen addendums adventures.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The original number was 28,800, but Carolina Herrera designer Wes Gordon’s two children plucked a tulip each to take with them.
    — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of plucked
Verb
  • As the investigation uncovers a string of killings linked to a strange ritual, the two are pushed into working together, facing down otherworldly threats as well as unfinished business from Lan’s past.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Upon further investigation, officers determined the two had been allegedly pushed from a balcony, the NYPD said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of pushed
Adjective
  • China’s military has unveiled a combat drone converted from a Soviet–era fighter jet, a development that could enable massed drone attacks in any future conflict over Taiwan.
    — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Definition of massed

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“Squeezed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeezed. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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