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
Matt Simon, Wired, 22 Feb. 2021
The Reds were first togged out by New Balance for the 2015/16 season, following the American sportswear company's takeover of Warrior Sports (remember them?) and have produced Liverpool's clobber for the last five seasons.
—SI.com, 29 Sep. 2019
Because this amount was not indexed to inflation, the AMT clobbers more people each year.
—Kathleen Pender, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Dec. 2017
Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
Facing a left-handed pitcher for the first time this season in Zack Thompson — Hernández has fared much better against lefties than righties in his career — Hernández clobbered an elevated fastball in the second inning into the right-field bullpen for a solo blast.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
Republicans have an opportunity to nominate a conservative candidate who would almost certainly clobber Biden in the general election and bring the House and Senate along with her.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2024
Copyright Royalty Board’s decision to raise royalty rates for music publishers in the U.S. across the years 2018-2022, which clobbered the Fund’s revenue and caused the cancellation of dividend payments to its investors in October.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 21 Dec. 2023
The project, which brought 14,000 tons of sand into Salisbury over several weeks, was completed just three days before a March 10 storm clobbered southern New England with strong winds, heavy rainfall, and coastal flooding.
—Michael Casey, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2024
Owen Caissie, a slugging corner outfielder, and Matt Shaw, a versatile infielder, both clobbered Double-A last season and are ranked 47th and 54th overall by MLB Pipeline.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
To have seen the life, quite literally, clobbered out of him was highly distressing, to say the least, and those who witnessed the sudden collapse — even if from the comfort of their own recliners — were, understandably, shaken.
—Adina Wise, STAT, 9 Feb. 2024
College football is clobbering housing markets across the United States, as wealthy fans and investors seek short-term rentals for games.
—Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
Noun
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
The Reds were first togged out by New Balance for the 2015/16 season, following the American sportswear company's takeover of Warrior Sports (remember them?) and have produced Liverpool's clobber for the last five seasons.
—SI.com, 29 Sep. 2019
Because this amount was not indexed to inflation, the AMT clobbers more people each year.
—Kathleen Pender, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Dec. 2017
Verb
Second tornado hit Sayler Park and Northern Kentucky Another F5 tornado clobbered Sayler Park on Cincinnati’s west side, along the river.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
Facing a left-handed pitcher for the first time this season in Zack Thompson — Hernández has fared much better against lefties than righties in his career — Hernández clobbered an elevated fastball in the second inning into the right-field bullpen for a solo blast.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
Republicans have an opportunity to nominate a conservative candidate who would almost certainly clobber Biden in the general election and bring the House and Senate along with her.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2024
Copyright Royalty Board’s decision to raise royalty rates for music publishers in the U.S. across the years 2018-2022, which clobbered the Fund’s revenue and caused the cancellation of dividend payments to its investors in October.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 21 Dec. 2023
The project, which brought 14,000 tons of sand into Salisbury over several weeks, was completed just three days before a March 10 storm clobbered southern New England with strong winds, heavy rainfall, and coastal flooding.
—Michael Casey, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2024
Owen Caissie, a slugging corner outfielder, and Matt Shaw, a versatile infielder, both clobbered Double-A last season and are ranked 47th and 54th overall by MLB Pipeline.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
To have seen the life, quite literally, clobbered out of him was highly distressing, to say the least, and those who witnessed the sudden collapse — even if from the comfort of their own recliners — were, understandably, shaken.
—Adina Wise, STAT, 9 Feb. 2024
College football is clobbering housing markets across the United States, as wealthy fans and investors seek short-term rentals for games.
—Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
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“Clobber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clobber. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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