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drilled

ADJECTIVE
proficient
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accomplished adept apt capable competent conversant efficient experienced gifted qualified skillful talented trained versed
WEAK
clever consummate crack crackerjack effective effectual exercised expert finished on the beam phenom pro savvy sharp slick up to speed whiz with it
Antonyms
STRONGEST
green ignorant immature impotent incapable incompetent inefficient inept inexperienced unable unskilled unskillful untalented
WEAK
clumsy

Example Sentences

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Army researchers once drilled into the ice while attempting to conceal nuclear missiles.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

We were No. 23, so we don’t have the luxury with Luka and AR out of getting drilled in scoring opportunities every single game.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

He knows the importance of being physically and mentally active, habits drilled into this generation, but not his parents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

In the rough on eight, he drilled a low fairway metal that chased up the green for a two-putt birdie.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Hadn’t his father taught him, drilled him, told him that everyone had to be prepared?

From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi