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  • past participle of screw.
  • past tense form of screw.
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screwed

[skrood] / skrud /


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"You'd better not be a traitor or I'm really screwed!"

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Simply put, we screwed up,” the statement said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Others are placed onto table frames fixed to the ocean floor, and yet others are mounted onto plugs, screwed into a three-hole "cookie" and planted onto the reef.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

The klan was a handful of misfits who screwed up everything they tried to do.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026

He screwed his eyes shut, suddenly afraid that this was a dream, and that he was still on the mountaintop with the fire, the ice, the terror and despair.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda




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