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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat soundly |
| Synonyms: | beat, best, blast, clobber, conquer, drub, hammer*, kill*, lambaste, lick*, mop up, outdo, overcome, overpower, overrun, overwhelm, put away, rout, run circles around, settle, steamroller, subdue, take apart, thrash, top, trim*, trounce, vanquish, wallop, wax, whomp, worst* |
| Antonyms: | lose, surrender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crash |
| Synonyms: | bang, beat, blow, clonk, clout, clump, clunk, fall, flutter, hammer, hit, knock, plop, poke, pound, pounding, pulse, rap, slap, smack, strike, throb, thump, thwack, tunk, wallop, whack |
| Main Entry: | gavel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mallet |
| Synonyms: | hammer, maul |
| Main Entry: | thresh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat |
| Synonyms: | assail, assault, bang*, bash*, baste, bat, batter, belabor, belt, box*, break*, bruise, buffet, cane, castigate, clout*, club*, collide, crush, cudgel, drub, flagellate, flail, flog, hammer, hit*, knock*, lambaste*, lash, lick*, maltreat, mash, maul, pelt, pound, pummel, punch*, punish, rain blows on, ram, rap, slap, slug, smack*, smash, spank, strike, swat, thrash, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whip |
| Notes: | trash means to beat, defeat, or move violently; thresh means to separate seeds of grain from husks by beating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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