shellacking

noun

shel·lack·ing shə-ˈla-kiŋ

Synonyms of shellacking next

: a decisive defeat : drubbing

Examples of shellacking in a Sentence

They took a shellacking in yesterday's game. suffered a shellacking at the hands of a vastly superior opposition

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But health wasn’t the only reason Hannegan chose to leave public life: Many of his fellow Democrats blamed him for the party’s shellacking in the 1946 midterms. —

Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024 Australia endured one of their worst home performances in years after a shellacking against an underdog India. —

Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 Detroit Lions star Amon-Ra St. Brown extended his touchdown streak to three games in the team’s 47-9 shellacking of the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. —

Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2024 The three-game winning streak over the Volunteers -- built via a 49-7 shellacking in 2011, a 24-20 road win in 2015 and a 24-13 home win in the covid-19 year of 2020 -- is the longest active win streak against any SEC opponent for the Hogs. —

Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shellacking