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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Reigns defeated Fatu to retain the World Heavyweight Championship but received a vicious beatdown after the match was over.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
The Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences put the beatdown on the Huskies early in Thursday’s CIF LA City Section Division I quarterfinal match, but in the midst of a wild third set, North Hollywood found life.
—Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 8 May 2026
Kenny said the ongoing beef stemmed from a prior assault in January, in which the individual who incited the beatdown jumped Pierre.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 6 May 2026
Those driveway beatdowns weren’t just about winning.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
The Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences put the beatdown on the Huskies early in Thursday’s CIF LA City Section Division I quarterfinal match, but in the midst of a wild third set, North Hollywood found life.
—Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 8 May 2026
Kenny said the ongoing beef stemmed from a prior assault in January, in which the individual who incited the beatdown jumped Pierre.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 6 May 2026
Those driveway beatdowns weren’t just about winning.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
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“Beatdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beatdown. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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