clobber

"If you live in a small house, you don't want all this clobber."

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

At least they don’t reach out to clobber nearby cars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

Instead, he will hit lazy pop-flys, or yank a ground ball to the pull side, or simply foul off mistake pitches he’d typically clobber.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

But as the storm continued to clobber the state, worse impacts were certainly possible, Mr. Ortiz said.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024

“Well, clobber it! Point this way—now wait till he comes back, he doesn’t know this station’s still operational—just wait.”

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

Popular media hasembraced the terms, using them when a snowstorm clobbers an area that usually gets little snow.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 11, 2022

Mickelson’s not quite out of it, three back of Mattiace as he clobbers his drive on the 15th.

From Golf Digest ● Mar. 25, 2020

Malnutrition clobbers the immune system, leaving the victim more prone to infections and more likely to die from them.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 6, 2017

The deep brown brew starts off with milk chocolate flavors before the coconut clobbers everything else, and the oily, woodsy coconut essence lingers long on the palate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2016

That line of hers clobbers me over and over.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

And in Asia, Seoul's Kospi, the poster child of the AI tech rally, lost more than five percent as chip titans SK hynix and Samsung were clobbered at least seven percent.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Software companies have gotten clobbered this year, as seen in the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF, down 22% this year after falling 8% in the fourth quarter.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

The Chinese factory that opened in the U.S. and clobbered its rivals.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 9, 2026

Britain’s economy has struggled to get out of first gear since the crisis almost two decades ago clobbered its huge finance sector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025

“Seekers are always the ones who get clobbered by the other team.”

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

Apple finally overthrew Nvidia to reclaim the title of the world’s largest company by market capitalization, underscoring the dramatic degree to which the iPhone maker’s stock is clobbering the broader technology universe.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

The shift of manufacturing jobs to less expensive states in the South, or to Asia, started clobbering many Midwestern factory towns in the 1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026

Weatherald was in fine early touch, clobbering a series of boundaries from Carse whose radar was off, bowling too short and wide.

From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025

They looked incredible while clobbering a seemingly disinterested Phoenix Mercury team 85-59 during last week’s final tuneup, which alleviated many concerns following an 84-79 setback in the preseason opener.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2024

Out in the dust-clouded yard, Riker’s tyrannosaurus leaned down and gobbled up a man in a prison uniform, then swept its tail in a wide arc, clobbering two knuckleskulls and sending their riders flying.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older