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plucked

VERB

grab, pull out; pick at

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clutch cull harvest snatch strum yank

STRONG

catch collect draw finger gather jerk plunk tug tweak

WEAK

pull at

Antonyms

STRONG

disperse distribute divide misunderstand push scatter

WEAK

insert

Example Sentences

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When a violin string is plucked, it produces a main tone along with a series of overtones.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

On one stoop, a man gently plucked a guitar.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Normally, top mandarins are plucked from the British civil service for the Washington post.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Cabinet members Pete Hegseth and Sean Duffy, for instance, were plucked by Trump directly from its on-air talent roster.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2026

“It must be plucked from the tree of living gold. The tree is on Areat, guarded by a jaculus dragon. There.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell