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 …— Shayna Jacobs
Shayna Jacobs
                         
                
                    2
                    
                                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
Tim Layden
                         
                
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