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holed
verb as in open
Strong matches
verb as in perforate
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In August, one of the cables that holds up the dome slipped out of a socket and punched a hole in the dish.
He said Lions quarterback Matt Stafford had found “the honey hole” in Washington’s defense.
Its decommission will create a hole in radio astronomy, but many other instruments should be able to pick up where Arecibo left off.
The Warriors have a hole at center and a desire to reenter the West’s contender class.
It pokes some significant holes in the fundamental assumptions we’ve been making.
Western-backed FSA brigades in northern Syria are now holed up in three pockets: in Aleppo, and to the west and north of the city.
The entire remaining Iraqi Army force remained holed up at FOB Speicher, north of Tikrit.
Dad holed up on his own in Weehawken, across the Hudson, after his next girlfriend gave him the boot as well.
Brooks: We holed up in the Bel Air Hotel, where Gene was staying, and we acted all the parts out.
The first signs of a return from the dark side come when the Governor encounters a family holed up in their apartment.
A, who was in well-deserved trouble all the way, holed out in ten.
I am jostled by polking damsels and button-holed by most approved bores.
When I holed out an eighteen-footer at the seventh, he was so mad, he wouldn't speak to me all the rest of the afternoon.
Unfortunately all her boats had been holed by the Nrnberg's fire, and, before she could launch them, they had to be repaired.
It is flanked with loop-holed towers, and encircled externally by a muddy moat, crossed by six causeways leading to as many gates.
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On this page you'll find 125 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to holed, such as: expand, free, release, bare, broach, and burst.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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