scotched

verb

past tense of scotch
as in defeated

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scotched
  1. defeated
  2. crushed
  3. routed
  4. thrashed
  5. trounced
  6. destroyed
  7. clobbered
  8. conquered
Verb
  • Fishlock, Wales’s all-time leading scorer, scored the winner in the 85th minute as the Reign defeated Bay FC 3-2 Saturday night at PayPal Park, handing Bay another frustrating home loss.
    — Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • In an intense and emotional main event, Oba Femi defeated Brock Lesnar in Brock’s hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota in their third match inside Hell in a Cell.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of defeated
Verb
  • The Mercedes owner, Roland Vergel De Dios, was in Queens visiting family when his car’s rear windshield and trunk were crushed by the falling tree.
    — Theodore Parisienne, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Rookie Chase DeLauter went 2-for-4 with three RBI, while Bailey crushed a home run in his 1-for-3 day at the plate.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of crushed
Verb
  • Two days ago, the Avalanche routed Ottawa 8-2 in Ball Arena.
    — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The agency's 10-year reorganization plan includes an overhaul of its regional transportation system, reducing the number of USPS vehicle trips for transporting mail from post offices to processing plants, where mail is postmarked, sorted and routed.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Definition of routed
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  • Denis Bouanga scored two goals, Son Heung-min scored in his third consecutive match since the World Cup break, and Los Angeles FC thrashed Sporting Kansas City 4-0 on Saturday night for its fourth consecutive victory.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
  • Denis Bouanga scored two goals, Son Heung-min scored in his third consecutive match since the World Cup break, and LAFC thrashed Sporting Kansas City 4-0 on Saturday night for its fourth consecutive victory.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
Definition of thrashed
Verb
  • Yet Milwaukee had the best record in baseball last year, and they still got trounced by the Dodgers in the National League Championship Series.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The situation remains unresolved, and Reddit’s shares fell more than 20 percent after the earnings report, even though the company’s quarter trounced investors’ expectations on most of the basic financials.
    — Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of trounced
Verb
  • After the match, Brock Lesnar Oba Femi destroyed Brock Lesnar in their first encounter, which made an already rising Oba Femi into an overnight sensation.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Weeks later in Georgia, the Highway 82 Fire destroyed more than 120 homes – the most lost to a single fire since state records began in the 1950s – while blazes across the Southeast pushed smoke into communities that rarely see it.
    — Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of destroyed
Verb
  • In 2022, when Stevens clobbered a left-wing Jewish colleague with the support of AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby was not yet toxic among rank-and-file Democrats.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Lincoln and Virginia Union last met in 2025, when the Panthers clobbered the Lions 66-21.
    — Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Definition of clobbered
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  • The 42-year-old conquered the Via Alpina, which involves traversing a vast European alpine region stretching east to west from Italy, through Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and finally France and Monaco.
    — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Man’s Best Friend has previously conquered both Billboard charts.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of conquered
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