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.
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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
George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
Five days after shutting down the Mets on two hits in seven innings in winning this series opener, Flaherty had nothing Friday night, his fastball was two mph slower than his usual, and the Mets clobbered him.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 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
Even if he did get clobbered seconds later during the wild celebration.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
Five days after shutting down the Mets on two hits in seven innings in winning this series opener, Flaherty had nothing Friday night, his fastball was two mph slower than his usual, and the Mets clobbered him.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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“Clobber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clobber. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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