grappled
Fought up close
Grappled is the past tense of grapple, which means to seize and struggle with someone at close quarters: The two wrestlers grappled on the mat.
More often, grapple describes wrestling mentally with something difficult: She grappled with the decision for weeks.
A grappling hook is a device thrown to catch and hold.
Took suddenly, forcefully
- grabbedTook suddenly by hand
- clutchedHeld firmly in hand
- grippedHeld with pressure
- claspedHeld firmly together
held · clung · latched · wrestled · restrained · pinned · subdued · captured
Engaged in combat sport
- struggledExerted with difficulty
- contendedCompeted against others
- battledEngaged in conflict
- foughtEngaged in conflict
tackled · wrangled · labored · toiled · strived · endeavored · persevered · overcome
Engaged in combat sport
- pinPointed metal fastener
- takedownForced grounding maneuver
- matFlat floor covering
- submissionYielding to another's will
chokehold · armbar · judo · jiujitsu · sumo · scuffle · tussle · suplex
Engaged in combat sport
- contemplatedThought deeply about
- ponderedThought deeply about
- consideredThought about carefully
- examinedLooked at closely
analyzed · debated · reasoned · weighed · deliberated · puzzled · questioned · complexity
seized
Took suddenly, forcefully
clasped · held · clung · latched · wrestled · restrained · pinned · subdued · captured · tackle
wrestled
Engaged in combat sport
fought · tackled · wrangled · labored · toiled · strived · endeavored · persevered · overcome · difficulty
wrestled
Engaged in combat sport
submission · chokehold · armbar · judo · jiujitsu · sumo · scuffle · tussle · suplex · lock
wrestled
Engaged in combat sport
- contemplatedThought deeply about
- ponderedThought deeply about
- consideredThought about carefully
examined · analyzed · debated · reasoned · weighed · deliberated · puzzled · questioned · complexity · concept
- status effectsdebuffed, poison, hexed, burn, cursed
- took onassumed, undertook, undertaken, tackled, shouldered
grappledreleased
Set free from confinement
let go · fled · retreated · relinquished · disengaged
grappledavoided
Deliberately stayed away from
ignored · evaded · dodged · shunned · sidestepped
grappledyielded
Gave way or produced
surrendered · agreed · conceded · capitulated · submitted
- grappling hooksHooked tools for ascending
- grappling ironsHooked anchoring devices
- grappling techniqueMethod for controlling opponents physically
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