snapped

[snapt] / snæpt /

ADJECTIVE

tight

Synonyms

STRONGEST

airtight fast short uncomfortable

WEAK

blind blocked bolted choking clumped cramping crushing cutting fastened firm fixed hermetic hermetically sealed impenetrable impermeable impervious locked nailed obstructed padlocked pinching plugged proof secure shrunken shut skintight slammed smothering sound stopped up tied tied-up watertight

Antonyms

STRONGEST

loose

WEAK

open slack unsealed

ADJECTIVE

torn

Synonyms

STRONGEST

broken cracked damaged divided mangled ripped ruptured severed

STRONG

burst cleaved fractured gashed impaired lacerated ragged rent slashed sliced slit split wrenched

WEAK

shabby

Antonyms

STRONGEST

OK fixed unbroken working

WEAK

certain decided healed mended perfect resolute sure

Example Sentences

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But when the cameras rolled and the red light snapped on, he came alive.

From The Wall Street Journal

December's slight uptick at 50.1 had snapped an extended negative streak that began in April.

From Barron's

Just around the corner from the camp, they also snapped up land which now hosts Licola's General Store and Caravan Park.

From BBC

A heavy brown vine wound over the rock, and she snapped a piece of it off.

From Literature

That shooting slump suddenly snapped in the early going Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times