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Definitions

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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Gasps turned to cheers as his safety brake snapped into place, halting the fall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Barrymore, 51, snapped up the six-bedroom, nine-bathroom property for $4.4 million in 2024, according to property records.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Instead of stretching and thinning like honey, the tar-like liquids suddenly snapped apart.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

More than 1.5 million tickets were snapped up in advance across five languages - early proof of a frenzy few films command.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

One of the tethers binding the soul to the body snapped, like the stem of a leaf splitting from a tree.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.