drubbed

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Six weeks ago, Gentry could only hop into the USC huddle on one leg, helpless as its defense was drubbed by Utah.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2022

The two have met twice this century, both in Fiesta Bowls, both occasions for Notre Dame to wind up drubbed.

From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2022

As the Tampa Bay Lightning were getting drubbed 7-0 by the Colorado Avalanche in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, there was never any serious consideration about pulling reigning playoff MVP Andrei Vasilevskiy.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2022

Indian shares ended lower on Friday to post their biggest weekly decline in more than two years, drubbed by worries that rapid increases in interest rates to tame stubborn inflation could derail economic growth.

From Reuters • Jun. 20, 2022

Christopher Sly, well drubbed by Marian Hacket and bawling for a pot of small ale, will at once occur to every mind.

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Summers, Montague