clobbered; clobbering
ˈklä-b(ə-)riŋ 
1
: to pound mercilessly
also
: to hit with force
clobber a home run
2
a
: to defeat overwhelmingly
b
: to have a strongly negative impact on
businesses clobbered by the recession
c
: to criticize harshly
Synonyms
Examples of clobber in a Sentence
Noun
Just dump your clobber anywhere.
still wearing the same clobber he wore as an undergrad at Cambridge
Verb
If you say anything I'll clobber you.
We clobbered them in our last game.
Businesses are being clobbered by the bad economy.
Recent Examples on the Web
EW.com, 7 June 2024
Neat, said engineers at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Irvine, who’ve invented a clever kind of material based on the mantis shrimp’s clobber-sticks.
—Matt Simon, Wired, 22 Feb. 2021
Gadi Schwartz, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2024
The eccentric outfielder backed up his rookie teammate, coming off the bench and clobbering a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth to propel Baltimore to a 4-2 win over the Braves.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2024
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Noun
Juno Temple’s character Dot nearly clobbers Gator with a nail bat — an object often associated with your Stranger Things character Steve Harrington — during their Halloween brawl in episode 4.
—EW.com, 7 June 2024
Neat, said engineers at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Irvine, who’ve invented a clever kind of material based on the mantis shrimp’s clobber-sticks.
—Matt Simon, Wired, 22 Feb. 2021
Verb
That’s especially true of the 2024 Paris Games as the U.S. clobbered the European team in a 4-1 game in the group stage.
—Gadi Schwartz, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2024
The eccentric outfielder backed up his rookie teammate, coming off the bench and clobbering a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth to propel Baltimore to a 4-2 win over the Braves.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2024
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“Clobber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clobber. Accessed 10 Sep. 2024.
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