beatdown
noun
beat·down
ˈbēt-ˌdau̇n 
1
US, informal
: a violent physical beating
… said his own client was badly hurt in a beatdown by NYPD officers …—
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US, informal
: an emphatic or overwhelming defeat
… he was sitting in his Eugene hotel room, … while absorbing a beatdown in PlayStation 3 boxing from his 10-year-old brother Seth.—Tim Layden
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The show ended with a brutal beatdown of Knight by The Vision, culminating in Bronson Reed hitting a Tsunami splash on Knight on top of a car backstage.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
This was a beatdown, a complete domination.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
The first quarter was a Boston beatdown.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
This is a comedy about infidelity and divorce, but the unpredictable way its scenes unfold — a sudden car crash here, an extended beatdown there — reflect the totally unmoored nature of these characters’ lives.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
This was a beatdown, a complete domination.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
The first quarter was a Boston beatdown.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
This is a comedy about infidelity and divorce, but the unpredictable way its scenes unfold — a sudden car crash here, an extended beatdown there — reflect the totally unmoored nature of these characters’ lives.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for beatdown
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“Beatdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beatdown. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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