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clobbers

verb

present tense third-person singular of clobber
1
as in smacks
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner he clobbered the ball, sending it in a high arc toward the back wall

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2
as in buries
to defeat by a large margin they clobbered the opposing team

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of clobbers Aledo clobbers Abilene in one game Aledo (29-10) only needed five innings to take care of Abilene (27-12-1) in one game, winner takes all Class 5A Division I regional final. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clobbers
  1. smacks
  2. buries
  3. slaps
  4. overcomes
  5. knocks
  6. flattens
  7. slams
  8. throws
Verb
  • In a fight with yet more mercenaries, Reacher smacks a gun out of a guy’s hand using one of Philadelphia’s moving subway trains.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Other gamblers just don’t want to get swindled, so anything that smacks too clearly of insider trading can get you in trouble.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of smacks
Verb
  • Past a certain point, more preparation buries the message instead of sharpening it.
    — Lynn Smith, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The winter months pass, long nights, a bomb cyclone that buries my basement windows in snow and leaves me to lurk in the dark like a slumbering bear, and then spring arrives abrupt and clanging and golden.
    — Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of buries
Verb
  • As the child puts his hands up, Bible says Campbell slaps them away, then drags him off the field.
    — Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Nothing slaps like the original, but the upcoming reboot looks kinda cool.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of slaps
Verb
  • IonQ’s real-time decoder overcomes this hurdle by managing this workload efficiently, allowing quantum computing to run without pauses.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Maybe your favorite wrestler finally overcomes insurmountable odds to become a world champion.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of overcomes
Verb
  • Bowie is still the defending champion until someone knocks them off, and the Vols deserve respect for that.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026
  • If the party gets a little too wild, and someone knocks the jams into the drink, don't worry.
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of knocks
Verb
  • Apart from the opening show at Cardiff, the edit from George Cragg and Martina Zamolo largely flattens the footage out into homogeneous numbers that capture both the artists’ performance and the audience’s reaction.
    — Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
  • On the question of whether snapping a selfie flattens the experience, Loyer has never thought so.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of flattens
Verb
  • At a pivotal moment in the film, Ledger’s Joker positions a pencil on a table, and later slams a man’s head into it.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Hawaii is under a state of emergency as Hurricane Lowell slams the islands with life-threatening rain.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of slams
Verb
  • Not counting the long bomb, every team throws many passes while the receiver is running.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • With a four-seamer, a cutter and a sinker, Schlittler throws some variation of a fastball roughly 90% of the time, making his rise all the more impressive and unique.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of throws

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“Clobbers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clobbers. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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