Synonyms of drubbed

drubbed

verb

past tense of drub

1

as in pounded

to strike repeatedly

a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the scene

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pounded
• licked
• lashed
• thumped
• whipped
• battered
• pelted
• beat
• attacked
• knocked
• spanked
• slapped
• hit
• assaulted
• mauled
• did
• batted
• thrashed
• slammed
• pummeled
• smashed
• punched
• bashed
• walloped
• buffeted
• bludgeoned
• hammered
• clubbed
• chopped
• lambasted
• smacked
• hided
• lathered
• threshed
• paddled
• flogged
• curried
• whupped
• raided
• whacked
• slated
• punched out
• switched
• slogged
• tanned
• stormed
• tromped
• worked over
• belted
• wounded
• laced
• swiped
• boxed
• basted
• belabored
• whopped
• roughed (up)
• messed (up)
• fibbed
• whaled
• clobbered
• birched
• swatted
• assailed
• bunged up
• cracked
• rushed
• pommeled
• socked
• beat up on
• pasted
• strapped
• clouted
• thwacked
• whomped
• beset
• descended (on or upon)
• laid on
• jumped (on)
• cuffed
• scourged
• caned
• horsewhipped
• busted
• pounced (on or upon)
• flagellated
• lacerated
• gored
• whammed
• lammed
• mutilated
• mangled
• pistol-whipped
• leathered
• cudgeled
• maimed
• blackjacked
• cowhided
• fustigated
• rawhided

2

as in bombed

to defeat by a large margin

we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bombed
• trounced
• whipped
• thrashed
• upset
• overcame
• clobbered
• routed
• walloped
• buried
• threw
• beat
• shellacked
• flattened
• annihilated
• creamed
• dusted
• mastered
• smothered
• pasted
• topped
• trimmed
• overwhelmed
• whupped
• whomped
• tromped
• smoked
• waxed
• took
• scored
• swept
• skinned
• blew away
• snowed under
• whopped
• skunked
• surpassed
• succeeded
• conquered
• destroyed
• dispatched
• exceeded
• crushed
• wiped the floor with
• beat the pants off
• ate alive
• capped
• overmatched
• licked
• slaughtered
• bested
• vanquished
• ran circles around
• subdued
• won (against)
• surmounted
• finished
• subjugated
• overthrew
• overpowered
• eclipsed
• upended
• worsted
• hurdled
• outdid
• outshone
• outdistanced
• triumphed (over)
• outstripped
• prevailed (over)
• excelled
• knocked over
• outfought
• bettered
• knocked off
• transcended
• overtopped
• flourished
• edged (out)
• pipped
• aced (out)
• sank
• broke
• overbore
• did in
• nosed out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drubbed

Cincinnati drubbed the Dolphins 45-21 last December. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026

After Wisconsin drubbed Michigan State, Fears walked into Izzo’s office and suggested a team meeting. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026

Mansfield races past Byron Nelson after slow start Mansfield only scored 5 points in the first quarter, but outscored Trophy Club Byron Nelson by 33 the rest of the way as the Tigers drubbed the Bobcats 61-34 in a Class 6A Division II bi-district game on Tuesday at Thomas Coliseum in Haltom City. — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2026

The Americans drubbed Poulin’s team without her, perhaps taking some suspense out of the likely rematch between these teams in the gold-medal game next week. — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026

The Broncos have a 9-4 series record in 13 all-time matchups against this NFC foe, and drubbed them 30-16 in their last meeting when outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper recorded his first two NFL sacks against Dallas QB Dak Prescott. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025