barrack

verb

Definition of barracknext
1
as in to target

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2
as in to room

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Recent Examples of barrack Army barracks torn down, new housing to come The Glendale campus was originally a U.S. Army air-training base for World War II. — Jen Fifield, azcentral, 16 June 2019 Some 200 people were quickly evacuated from campgrounds in the fire's path in addition to 80 children who were trapped in a camp barracks Saturday. — CBS News, 10 July 2017 The Marine veteran used some of his time while in the Wounded Warrior barracks to take writing, filmmaking and business classes, with an eye toward this future. — Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 June 2017 The military would not permit reporters to wait near the gate to the prison barracks complex. — Charlie Savage, New York Times, 16 May 2017 See All Example Sentences for barrack
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barrack
  1. target
  2. room
  3. needle
  4. camp
  5. rag
  6. roof
  7. taunt
  8. bunk
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  • The plan was led by the president's National Security Council (NSC) and involved at least seven national security agencies working with European allies to disrupt plots targeting Europe and the United States, seven former officials who participated in the working groups told Reuters.
    — Erin Banco and Mari Saito, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a limited ceasefire in Ukraine yesterday, where the Kremlin agreed to stop targeting Ukraine's energy facilities for 30 days.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025
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  • The pair roomed together on road trips late last season after Sasaki arrived from Japan in March for the spring quarter and acclimated to his new life by traveling with the team without playing.
    — Janie McCauley, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Hey Dewy makes a compact, travel-friendly humidifier that humidifies rooms up to 500 square feet.
    — Anna Haines, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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  • Smirk flies under the banner Make Fun, Not War and delights to needle and tweak the NFL and the gravitas of its Big Game.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
  • That’s also the case for Peter Doocy, the White House correspondent who relished needling President Biden and his aides, and will now be scrutinized for his handling of Mr. Trump.
    — Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
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  • Thousands of protesters camped for months near the Standing Rock Reservation, where the pipeline crosses underneath the Missouri River.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The protests at Standing Rock drew thousands of people from around the country who camped outside the pipeline's construction site.
    — Seiji Yamashita, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of camp
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  • Photos provided by Niğde representatives show the mummy with its arms crossed and placed on a bed of sheets and ragged cardboard.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2025
  • By then, her voice had worn ragged — lower in pitch, rougher in tone, better suited for more sophisticated songs.
    — Robert Levine, Billboard, 1 Feb. 2025
Definition of rag
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  • Dreyer roofed the shot, his second scoring strike with the left foot.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Carlsson settled a chaotic sequence calmly and roofed a backhand from close range for his first goal, and then carried the puck across three zones before pulling up for a precise shot from just above the right faceoff dot.
    — Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of roof
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  • President Donald Trump taunted Democrats and fueled new litigation against his contentious policies during his speech to Congress Tuesday while basking in the cheers and applause of fellow Republicans.
    — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
  • After a flurry of offense, Paul taunted Canada and was mauled by Priest because of it.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Definition of taunt
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  • The Dolphins were forced to bunk out at a downtown Oakland hotel, in a fishbowl environment.
    — Mark Purdy, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The former heavyweight champ, 58, has been bunking in the Vegas suburb of Henderson, Nevada, for almost a decade.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of bunk

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“Barrack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrack. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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