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commandeered

commandeered is the simple past and past participle of commandeer.

Meaning of commandeer

Verb

commandeer (third-person singular simple present commandeers, present participle commandeering, simple past and past participle commandeered)

  1. (transitive) To seize for military use.
  2. (transitive) To force into military service.
  3. (transitive) To take arbitrarily or by force.
  4. (broadly, transitive) To take or use for some purpose (not necessarily arbitrarily or by force).
    • "We're stuck taking the bus to school tomorrow, aren't we?" "...Yeah. Moperville South doesn't give bus service out here, so Ellen's commandeering my car."2007 February 5, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Monday, Feb 5, 2007

Questions about commandeered

What is commandeered the simple past and past participle of?
Commandeered is the simple past and past participle of commandeer.

Words near commandeered in the dictionary

  1. commanded
  2. commandedness
  3. commandedst
  4. commandee
  5. commandeer
  6. commandeered
  7. commandeerer
  8. commandeerers
  9. commandeering
  10. commandeerings
  11. commandeers

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