clobbered; clobbering
ˈklä-b(ə-)riŋ 
1
: to pound mercilessly
also
: to hit with force
clobber a home run
2
a
: to defeat overwhelmingly
b
: to have a strongly negative impact on
businesses clobbered by the recession
c
: to criticize harshly
Synonyms
Examples of clobber in a Sentence
Noun
Just dump your clobber anywhere.
still wearing the same clobber he wore as an undergrad at Cambridge
Verb
If you say anything I'll clobber you.
We clobbered them in our last game.
Businesses are being clobbered by the bad economy.
Recent Examples on the Web
EW.com, 7 June 2024
Neat, said engineers at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Irvine, who’ve invented a clever kind of material based on the mantis shrimp’s clobber-sticks.
—Matt Simon, Wired, 22 Feb. 2021
Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2024
But when the 2008 recession clobbered the state budget, they were given away to save on storage costs.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
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Noun
Juno Temple’s character Dot nearly clobbers Gator with a nail bat — an object often associated with your Stranger Things character Steve Harrington — during their Halloween brawl in episode 4.
—EW.com, 7 June 2024
Neat, said engineers at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Irvine, who’ve invented a clever kind of material based on the mantis shrimp’s clobber-sticks.
—Matt Simon, Wired, 22 Feb. 2021
Verb
Stanton clobbered a 440-foot home run off sinkerballer Yennier Cano in the seventh to bring the Bronx Bombers within one, driving in two runners who reached base off left-hander Cionel Pérez.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2024
But when the 2008 recession clobbered the state budget, they were given away to save on storage costs.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
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“Clobber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clobber. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
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