beatdown
noun
beat·down
ˈbēt-ˌdau̇n 
1
US, informal
: a violent physical beating
… said his own client was badly hurt in a beatdown by NYPD officers …—
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US, informal
: an emphatic or overwhelming defeat
… he was sitting in his Eugene hotel room, … while absorbing a beatdown in PlayStation 3 boxing from his 10-year-old brother Seth.—Tim Layden
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At least Nakase graciously gave us plenty of warning about the impending beatdown.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
The Minnesota Timberwolves' season came to an end on Friday night at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs in the form of a 30-point beatdown in front of a capacity home crowd at Target Center.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
In the director’s entertaining Sherlock Holmes movies, the detective-hero would slow a confrontation down in his head and start calculating the physics of his adversary’s movements before delivering a beatdown.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 May 2026
The Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences put the beatdown on the Huskies early in Thursday’s CIF LA City Section Division I quarterfinal match, but in the midst of a wild third set, North Hollywood found life.
—Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 8 May 2026
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
The Minnesota Timberwolves' season came to an end on Friday night at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs in the form of a 30-point beatdown in front of a capacity home crowd at Target Center.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
In the director’s entertaining Sherlock Holmes movies, the detective-hero would slow a confrontation down in his head and start calculating the physics of his adversary’s movements before delivering a beatdown.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 May 2026
The Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences put the beatdown on the Huskies early in Thursday’s CIF LA City Section Division I quarterfinal match, but in the midst of a wild third set, North Hollywood found life.
—Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 8 May 2026
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“Beatdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beatdown. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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