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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overthrow, beating |
| Synonyms: | KO, ambush, annihilation, beating, blow, break, breakdown, check, collapse, conquest, count, debacle, defeasance, destruction, discomfiture, downthrow, drubbing, embarrassment, extermination, failure, fall, insuccess, killing*, lacing, licking, loss, massacre, mastery, nonsuccess, paddling, rebuff, repulse, reverse, rout, ruin, scalping, setback, shellacking, slaughter, subjugation, thrashing, trap, trashing, trimming, triumph, trouncing, vanquishment, waxing, whaling, whipping, whitewashing |
| Notes: | decimate means to kill or destroy in large numbers; defeat means to win a victory over or to beat |
| Antonyms: | conquest, success, triumph, victory, win |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | licking |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defeat |
| Synonyms: | KO, ambush, annihilation, beating, blow*, break, breakdown, check, collapse, conquest, count*, debacle, defeasance, destruction, discomfiture, downthrow, drubbing, embarrassment, extermination, failure, fall, insuccess, killing*, lacing, loss, massacre, mastery, nonsuccess, overthrow, paddling, rebuff, repulse, reverse, rout, ruin, scalping, setback, shellacking, slaughter, subjugation, thrashing, trap, trashing, trimming, triumph, trouncing, vanquishment, waxing, whaling, whipping, whitewashing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | massy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | giant |
| Synonyms: | Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, Herculean, behemoth, big*, blimp, brobdingnagian, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, gigantesque, gigantic, gross*, herculean, heroic, huge, hulking, humongous*, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, mastodonic, mighty, monster*, monstrous*, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, super-duper, titanic, tremendous, vast, whale of a, whaling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mastodonic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | giant |
| Synonyms: | Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, Herculean, behemoth, big*, blimp, brobdingnagian, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, gigantesque, gigantic, gross*, herculean, heroic, huge, hulking, humongous*, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mighty, monster*, monstrous*, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, super-duper, titanic, tremendous, vast, whale of a, whaling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pythonic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | giant |
| Synonyms: | Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, Herculean, behemoth, big*, blimp, brobdingnagian, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, gigantesque, gigantic, gross*, herculean, heroic, huge, hulking, humongous*, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster*, monstrous*, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, stupendous, super-duper, titanic, tremendous, vast, whale of a, whaling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thrashing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defeat |
| Synonyms: | KO, ambush, annihilation, beating, blow*, break*, breakdown, check, collapse, conquest, count*, debacle, defeasance, destruction, discomfiture, downthrow, drubbing, embarrassment, extermination, failure, fall, insuccess, killing*, lacing, licking, loss, massacre, mastery, nonsuccess, overthrow, paddling, rebuff, repulse, reverse, rout, ruin, scalping, setback, shellacking, slaughter, subjugation, trap, trashing, trimming, triumph, trouncing, vanquishment, waxing, whaling, whipping, whitewashing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vanquishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defeat |
| Synonyms: | KO, ambush, annihilation, beating, blow*, break*, breakdown, check, collapse, conquest, count*, debacle, defeasance, destruction, discomfiture, downthrow, drubbing, embarrassment, extermination, failure, fall, insuccess, killing*, lacing, licking, loss, massacre, mastery, nonsuccess, overthrow, paddling, rebuff, repulse, reverse, rout, ruin, scalping, setback, shellacking, slaughter, subjugation, thrashing, trap, trashing, trimming, triumph, trouncing, waxing, whaling, whipping, whitewashing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | walloping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | giant |
| Synonyms: | Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, Herculean, behemoth, big*, blimp, brobdingnagian, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, gigantesque, gigantic, gross*, herculean, heroic, huge, hulking, humongous*, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster*, monstrous*, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, super-duper, titanic, tremendous, vast, whale of a, whaling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | injure by striking |
| Synonyms: | bang, bash, bat, batter, 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, ram, rap, slap, slug, smack, spank, strike, swat, thrash, thresh, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whip |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, guard, help, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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