squabash

transitive verb

squa·​bash

ˈskwȯˌbash,

-wäˌb-

-ed/-ing/-es

: to crush especially with criticism : lambaste

his satire … squabashed at one blow a set of coxcombs

—J. G. Lockhart

Word History

Etymology

blend of squash and bash

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