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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Put this Knicks loss somewhere in the mix with the loss to the Sacramento Kings, the pair of 30-plus-point losses to the Detroit Pistons, the beatdown at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks at home and a convincing loss to the Atlanta Hawks.
—James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Following that beatdown, Roupp allowed just four earned runs over his next six starts, easily the best stretch of his major-league career.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
The beatdown on Alphabet shares came despite better-than-forecast revenue growth that indicates the company’s advertising sales are in no way being cannibalized by consumer adoption of AI, including its own Gemini AI chatbot and its AI Mode in Google Search.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
Flroida’s 7-foot-9 redshirt freshman Olivier Rioux scored the Gators’ final points on a putback of his own miss with 30 seconds to go, putting an exclamation point on another Alabama beatdown.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
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James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Following that beatdown, Roupp allowed just four earned runs over his next six starts, easily the best stretch of his major-league career.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
The beatdown on Alphabet shares came despite better-than-forecast revenue growth that indicates the company’s advertising sales are in no way being cannibalized by consumer adoption of AI, including its own Gemini AI chatbot and its AI Mode in Google Search.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
Flroida’s 7-foot-9 redshirt freshman Olivier Rioux scored the Gators’ final points on a putback of his own miss with 30 seconds to go, putting an exclamation point on another Alabama beatdown.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
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“Beatdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beatdown. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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