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

Sumrall and his team are 4-0 with a 24-point beatdown of a top-five Ole Miss team less than one week ago. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Allen threw for three touchdowns and ran for a couple more in his team's first-ever game at the new Highmark Stadium, christening the field with a beatdown that wasn't nearly as close as the score suggested. — Christian Romo, Freep.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Conversely, Florida beat up on Florida Atlantic to open the season, then scheduled an FCS beatdown as its tune-up before heading to the plains. — Noah White, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

For the Chiefs, that’s putting a 31-10 beatdown on the Denver Broncos, a game in which Spags’ unit produced two takeaways and four sacks and held the opponent to 176 total yards and nine first downs. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 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