clobbered

verb

past tense of clobber
1
as in smacked
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner he clobbered the ball, sending it in a high arc toward the back wall

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2
as in whipped
to defeat by a large margin they clobbered the opposing team

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Recent Examples of clobbered He got clobbered again tonight a bunch. — Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026 The best team in hockey was clobbered. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 27 May 2026 Within two minutes, it got clobbered by a 3-pound smallie. — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026 That ended his day after five innings of one-run ball, with just one mistake — a slider that Manny Machado clobbered for a solo homer — against him. — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 29 June 2026 Then in the second, Mattias Samuelsson was allowed to take multiple pokes at Jeremy Swayman before Geekie clobbered him. — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026 That all changed with a runner on in the bottom of the seventh, when Kurtz clobbered a Brent Suter four-seam fastball 437 feet to center, extending the A’s lead. — Jason Burke, Oc Register, 21 June 2026 Byron Buxton hit a grand slam in a 10-run fifth inning and the Minnesota Twins clobbered the Arizona Diamondbacks 16-8 on Saturday night. — ABC News, 21 June 2026 These Dark Ages span an inexcusable 23 seasons — a stretch that began soon after the 2002 Raiders and admirable 37-year-old QB Rich Gannon were clobbered in Mission Valley, home to Super Bowl 37. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clobbered
  1. smacked
  2. whipped
  3. hit
  4. bombed
  5. knocked
  6. buried
  7. slapped
  8. trounced
Verb
  • Eury Perez dominated with seven perfect innings, and the Miami Marlins smacked four homers before holding on for a wild 9-8 victory over the host Athletics on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
  • Wyatt-Hodge, who launched the tournament two weeks ago with a century against Sri Lanka, smacked a 32-ball fifty.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
Definition of smacked
Verb
  • Aceh’s Sharia court ordered the two people to be whipped with a rattan cane 21 times each for kissing without being married.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Impress party-goers with this Fourth of July colored layered dessert starring fresh berries, angel food cake, and whipped topping.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
Definition of whipped
Verb
  • Against Cardinals’ starting pitcher Matthew Liberatore, the Braves mustered just one hit and one run through five innings of an eventual 5-3 loss.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 1 July 2026
  • Thomas had hit a leadoff double, but Michael Massey, Salvador Perez and John Rave failed to drive him in.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
Definition of hit
Verb
  • Helldivers 2 was bombed with hundreds of thousands of negative reviews, and Sony reversed the policy within days.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • After easing through the first three innings, Bryan Reynolds hit a double off the top of the left field fence and Valdez bombed one to left to cut the Phillies' lead to 5-2.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Definition of bombed
Verb
  • Tatis led off and knocked Boyd's fifth pitch over the left-field bleachers onto Waveland Avenue, before Chicago answered in the bottom of the inning when Seiya Suzuki scored on Carson Kelly's RBI single.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Kale said her 11-year-old and 16-year-old sons knocked the bat off her and killed it.
    — Kelli Arseneau, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of knocked
Verb
  • However, at least 7,500 remain missing buried under the rubble, the Palestinian health ministry told CNN on June 28.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Would her child be buried in a separate part of the cemetery without the appropriate eulogies?
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of buried
Verb
  • Some of them slapped strict limits on all gas stations; in others, gas station chains limited how much fuel could be bought.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • Actor Orlando Brown slapped recording artist Ray J in the face with a wad of cash.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
Definition of slapped
Verb
  • In Roberts’ Dodgers debut, on opening day at Petco Park, his team trounced the Padres 15-0.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • That’s where three University of Iowa economists — Robert Forsythe, George Neumann and Forrest Nelson — met for food and beers and kvetching about just how badly the polls had missed the mark on the Michigan Democratic primary the day before, when Jesse Jackson absolutely trounced Michael Dukakis.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
Definition of trounced

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