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

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

Examples of beatdown in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The beatdown on Alphabet shares came despite better-than-forecast revenue growth that indicates the company’s advertising sales are in no way being cannibalized by consumer adoption of AI, including its own Gemini AI chatbot and its AI Mode in Google Search. —Jim Edwards, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026

Flroida’s 7-foot-9 redshirt freshman Olivier Rioux scored the Gators’ final points on a putback of his own miss with 30 seconds to go, putting an exclamation point on another Alabama beatdown. —Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026

So let’s go back to that beatdown of Stroud and the Texans offense. —Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026

Perspective is lost among a segment of the fan base after a 35-point beatdown in the NFL divisional playoffs. —Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for beatdown

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown