Thesaurus results for CLOBBERED

clobbered

verb

past tense of clobber

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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as in whipped

to defeat by a large margin they clobbered the opposing team

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Recent Examples of clobbered The Ravens signed Trey Hendrickson, while the Texans and Chargers have fortified their offensive lines after they were clobbered by the Patriots in consecutive playoff games. —

Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2026 His Jayhawks went 1-1 at the Big 12 tournament, defeating TCU 78-73 on Thursday before getting clobbered by Houston 69-47 in Friday’s semifinals. —

Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2026 Energy importers — most of Europe, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, India and China — will get clobbered by higher prices, Shearing wrote in a commentary for London’s Chatham House think tank. —

Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026 Energy importers — most of Europe, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, India and China — will get clobbered by higher prices, Shearing wrote in a commentary for London’s Chatham House think tank. —

Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026 Energy importers — most of Europe, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, India and China — will get clobbered by higher prices, Shearing wrote in a commentary for London’s Chatham House think tank. —

ABC News, 9 Mar. 2026 Ciena was among the optical stocks that were clobbered yesterday after Broadcom CEO Hock Tan’s defense of copper. —

Jim Cramer, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026 Iowa losing at Penn State and Utah State getting clobbered at UNLV were alarming results. —

Jim Root, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026 Some areas in Delaware County clobbered by the snow bounced back rather quickly. —

CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026

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When Zuccarello took a swipe with his stick and smacked McCarron in the leg, the big man responded with a Oscar-worthy acting job, feigning like he had been slashed on the wrist.

— Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2026
Krogstad smacked two doubles and drove in three runs.

— Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026