as in to wax
to defeat by a large margin
the local football team was shellacked 35-0 in their final outing for the season
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Recent Examples of shellac
Not many losses will be as loud as the 139-96 shellacking the Thunder (61-16) handed the Lakers (50-27) at Paycom Center – the type of loss that takes some of the steam out of the Lakers’ 15-2 March surge.
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Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
3 Apr. 2026
Yin was 3-for-3 and had four RBIs in Monta Vista 32-0 shellacking over Jefferson.
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Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
The result was a dispiriting 5-1 shellacking at the hands of a deeply mid Seattle Kraken side.
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Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
Instead, the union got shellacked.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
3 Apr. 2026
Yin was 3-for-3 and had four RBIs in Monta Vista 32-0 shellacking over Jefferson.
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Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
The result was a dispiriting 5-1 shellacking at the hands of a deeply mid Seattle Kraken side.
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Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
Instead, the union got shellacked.
—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shellac
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In 2025, a Notre Dame team that started 0-2 but then dominated its last 10 games, moving to as high as No. 3 in various computer ratings, fell out of the committee’s field at the 11th hour while a three-loss Alabama team that got waxed by Georgia in its conference championship game held at No. 9.
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On Tuesday, June 23, a 70%-illuminated waxing gibbous moon will shine next to Spica.
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Clarity is the butter creamed with sugar.
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In a mixing bowl, cream the softened butter.
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After easing through the first three innings, Bryan Reynolds hit a double off the top of the left field fence and Valdez bombed one to left to cut the Phillies' lead to 5-2.
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There is a bond there that is strong enough, that overwhelming loneliness is bombed.
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Rather than be benched, Devers batted cleanup, overcame an 0-for-3 start, and singled up the middle in the seventh to score Bryce Eldridge, who narrowly beat a tag at the plate for a 3-1 lead.
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Its highly specialized strategy likely evolved to take advantage of the ant’s natural aggression and then overcome its defenses; the slingshot mechanism flings the ant from the foraging trail, reducing the risk that the spider will be swarmed by other workers, the researchers hypothesized.
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Police have arrested a 22-year-old man who was caught on camera whipping a yellow taxi cab with a belt, damaging the hood, following the Knicks’ comeback victory in Game 4 of the NBA finals, officials said Friday.
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Democrats work ceaselessly to whip the American people into a frenzy of hate and conflict.
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Despite the lack of goals, the game was exciting with end-to-end runs and missed chances that left fans of both teams groaning and burying their heads in their hands.
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After receiving a pass in the right side of the box, Dembélé very patiently made his way to his left before burying yet another left-footed strike into the goal.
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Online job listings have become so formulaic — copy-pasted from old descriptions and bloated with internal jargon — that even strong candidates scroll past them without a second look.
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Please do not copy and paste FT articles and redistribute by email or post to the web.
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What this illustrates, though, is that nations vying for AI power understand that there’s more than one way to skin a cat.
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There’s a number of different ways to skin a horrific cat.
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“Shellac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shellac. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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