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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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
On Saturday, the Dodgers dominated rookie starter Will Warren en route to an 18-2 beatdown.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 1 June 2025
Lamar’s performance of his slanderous mambo was the only real moment of drama and tension amid the Philadelphia Eagles’ unaesthetic beatdown of the Kansas City Chiefs.
—Armin Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2025
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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
On Saturday, the Dodgers dominated rookie starter Will Warren en route to an 18-2 beatdown.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 1 June 2025
Lamar’s performance of his slanderous mambo was the only real moment of drama and tension amid the Philadelphia Eagles’ unaesthetic beatdown of the Kansas City Chiefs.
—Armin Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2025
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“Beatdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beatdown. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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