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| Main Entry: | clobber |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit, beat |
| Synonyms: | belt, blast, drub, lambaste*, lick, shellac, slam, slug, smash, smear, smother, thrash, trim, wallop, whip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frustrate |
| Synonyms: | baffle, balk, beat down, beat the system, blank, block, bury, cast down, cause setback, checkmate, circumvent, confound, contravene, cook*, counterplot, cross, disappoint, discomfit, disconcert, disprove, edge out, foil, invalidate, neutralize, nonplus, nose out, nullify, outwit, overturn, put end to, puzzle, quell, reduce, refute, ruin, scuttle, shave, shellac, skunk, spoil, squash, stump, subdue, subjugate, surmount, take wind out of sails, throw for loop, thwart, undo, victimize |
| Notes: | decimate means to kill or destroy in large numbers; defeat means to win a victory over or to beat |
| Antonyms: | abet, aid, encourage, help, inspirit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lambaste |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | punish, beat |
| Synonyms: | assail, attack, berate, blister, bludgeon, castigate, censure, criticize, cudgel, denounce, excoriate, flay, flog, hammer, hit, lash into, pan, pelt, pound, pummel, rake over the coals, read the riot act, rebuke, reprimand, rip into, roast, scathe, scold, scorch, scourge, shellac, slam, slap, slash, smear, smother, strike, thrash, trim, upbraid, wallop, whip |
| Antonyms: | praise, uphold |
| Main Entry: | varnish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add a layer to; embellish |
| Synonyms: | adorn, coat, cover, decorate, enamel, finish, gild, glaze, gloss, japan, lacquer, luster, paint, polish, shellac, surface, veneer, wash, wax |
| Antonyms: | strip |
| Main Entry: | veneer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover, overlay |
| Synonyms: | blanch, coat, extenuate, face, finish, gloss, palliate, plate, shellac, sugarcoat, surface, varnish, whiten, whitewash |
| Notes: | veneer is a very thin layer of material or superficiality; venire is a panel of prospective jurors from which a jury is selected |
| Antonyms: | strip, uncover |
| Main Entry: | wallop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat soundly |
| Synonyms: | beat, best, clobber, crush*, drub, lambaste*, lick*, rout, shellac, thrash*, trim*, trounce, vanquish, whip* |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose, surrender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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