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snatched

Definitions

Quickly seized or grasped something in a sudden or eager way.

Slang: looking extremely fashionable, stylish, or physically attractive.

Examples

The thief snatched the woman's purse and ran into the crowded alleyway.

She snatched the last cookie from the jar before anyone else could reach it.

The eagle snatched a fish from the surface of the lake with incredible speed.

Synonyms

grabbed seized clutched plucked wrenched stolen abducted

Antonyms

released dropped returned offered gave surrendered relinquished