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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Additional footage of the assault obtained by WLWT shows the unidentified White man allegedly hitting a Black man in the face, leading to several others joining in on the beatdown that ultimately led to seven arrests.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Fireworks were set off on the night of July 19 as teens swarmed the Gilbert In-N-Out Burger, a common backdrop for southeast Valley beatdowns that go viral.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
One of the victims in the viral Cincinnati brutal beatdown is speaking out to reveal the extent of her injuries, one week after bystander footage captured the moment she was thrown to the ground while reportedly trying to break up the fight.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Cops arrested the second suspect Tuesday in the beatdown of an on-duty woman MTA employee at a Brooklyn subway station earlier this month, cops said.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
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Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Fireworks were set off on the night of July 19 as teens swarmed the Gilbert In-N-Out Burger, a common backdrop for southeast Valley beatdowns that go viral.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
One of the victims in the viral Cincinnati brutal beatdown is speaking out to reveal the extent of her injuries, one week after bystander footage captured the moment she was thrown to the ground while reportedly trying to break up the fight.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Cops arrested the second suspect Tuesday in the beatdown of an on-duty woman MTA employee at a Brooklyn subway station earlier this month, cops said.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
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“Beatdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beatdown. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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