thrashing
noun
thrash·ing
ˈthra-shiŋ 
plural thrashings
1
: a severe beating or flogging
If a poacher was taken he was given a thrashing as well as being prosecuted with its consequent jail sentence.—
W. Mostyn Thomas
W. Mostyn Thomas"They called her a little blue ragamuffin, father," said Harry, who ran in looking very angry. "But I have given it to them. They won't insult my sister again. I have given them a thrashing they will remember."—Anna Sewell
Anna Sewell2
: a dominating defeat of an opponent
… after going 6-5 on a tough road trip that concluded with 9-2 and 12-4 thrashings of the Giants last weekend, they were 57-41 …—Phil Taylor
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His mercurial cinematography, thrashing and restless for so much of the film, arrives at a kind of floating serenity, augmented by gleaming digital effects.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 July 2024
The glass-half-empty approach: After taking a 3-0 series lead, the Panthers have had two chances to wrap up the Stanley Cup Final and hoist the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history and have fallen flat — first an 8-1 thrashing in Game 4 and then a 5-3 loss in Game 5.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024
In the first start of her college career, Julia Hammerschlag made a personal-best eight saves, and eight different players found the net to propel the No. 4 seed Terps to a 17-1 thrashing of visiting Robert Morris in a first-round game Friday afternoon at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2024
More than 22 million German viewers caught their team’s opening night 5-1 thrashing of Scotland on public broadcaster ZDF.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2024
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 July 2024
The glass-half-empty approach: After taking a 3-0 series lead, the Panthers have had two chances to wrap up the Stanley Cup Final and hoist the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history and have fallen flat — first an 8-1 thrashing in Game 4 and then a 5-3 loss in Game 5.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024
In the first start of her college career, Julia Hammerschlag made a personal-best eight saves, and eight different players found the net to propel the No. 4 seed Terps to a 17-1 thrashing of visiting Robert Morris in a first-round game Friday afternoon at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2024
More than 22 million German viewers caught their team’s opening night 5-1 thrashing of Scotland on public broadcaster ZDF.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2024
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“Thrashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrashing. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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