hammered
Example Sentences
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Seifert hammered back-to-back sixes off Mohammad Nabi - bringing up his half-century in the process - only to fall a couple of deliveries later to the experienced spinner when he holed out to square leg.
From BBC
Lynagh said he was licking his lips in anticipation of facing Ireland, who were hammered 36-14 by France on Thursday, in Dublin next Saturday.
From Barron's
Software stocks, which minted gains for investors for years, also got hammered this week.
From MarketWatch
Concerns this week that new AI tools will replace software businesses have hammered the share prices of private-markets companies, which over the past decade have invested huge sums in the software sector.
In Florida, heating-and-cooling company Carrier Global saw its shares hammered last year thanks to a stagnant housing market that ate into its residential segment.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
