wanded

Swept by security

Wanded is the past tense of wand, meaning to pass a handheld scanning device over someone or something.

Security personnel wand people at airports and courthouses, checking for concealed metal: Everyone was wanded before entering the building.

The verb comes from the wand-like shape of metal detectors.

spellcasting

conjure

Summon by supernatural means

curse · jinx · summoning · evocation · invocation · banishment · abjuration · warding · sigil · transmutation

implements

staff

Organization's workers collectively

  • rodThin rigid stick
  • scepterCeremonial staff of sovereignty
  • batonSlender rod for leading

talisman · amulet · orb · crystal · rune · artifact · relic · conductor · pointer · ceremonial

witchcraft

coven

Assembly of witches

  • sabbathDesignated period of repose
  • potionEnchanted liquid mixture
  • brewSteeped or fermented drink

grimoire · occult · necromancy · familiar · pentagram · cauldron · ritual · hex · curse · bewitch

wizardry

spellbook

Volume containing magical instructions

stupify · phoenix feather · unicorn hair

stagemagic

magician

Performer of illusions

hocus-pocus · sleight · trick · performance · assistant · reveal · vanish · appear · misdirection · showmanship

Opposites
security screening method

wandedfrisked

Searched by touch

strip-searched · x-rayed

screening status

wandedbypassed

Went around an obstacle

unscreened · fast-tracked · skipped · trusted

Phrases
Family

wand, wands, magic wand, wanding, wandlike, wandmaker, wandless

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G