scotched

verb

past tense of scotch
as in defeated

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  1. defeated
  2. crushed
  3. routed
  4. thrashed
  5. trounced
  6. destroyed
  7. clobbered
  8. conquered
Verb
  • Samuel, or Samuil in Bulgarian, was a warrior emperor who battled the Byzantine Empire to expand his kingdom but was ultimately defeated and died shortly afterward in 1014.
    — COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The 1995 Jayhawks went 10-2 and defeated UCLA 51-30 in the bowl game.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of defeated
Verb
  • The revolution has been crushed, tens of thousands remain imprisoned, and economic hardship has broken the backs of Egyptians.
    — Abdelrahman ElGendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The Brewers won game one 3-2 in controversial fashion after France crushed a towering fly ball that hit the American Family Field roof and fell harmlessly into the glove of outfielder Jackson Chourio.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of crushed
Verb
  • That spending is routed carefully, and Gopalkrishnan said the bank is model-agnostic.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • In production architecture, verification and validation loops have to be placed around every point where AI works, and any field that shows a confidence score below a set threshold has to be routed automatically to human review.
    — Pranit Banthia, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of routed
Verb
  • Smith is said to have thrashed and thrashed in the death chamber.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The flooding on the canyon floor started Saturday afternoon after waves of rainfall thrashed Bright Angel Canyon and Phantom Ranch – the only lodging under the rim of the Grand Canyon.
    — Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of thrashed
Verb
  • Tyrell Henry caught 14 passes to set a Wisconsin single-game record and Colton Joseph threw for 362 yards and accounted for four touchdowns as the Badgers trounced Eastern Michigan 54-10 on Saturday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Shares of the drone manufacturer jumped 10% after first-quarter results trounced estimates.
    — Michelle Fox,Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of trounced
Verb
  • Climate change was considered a factor in the December 2021 wildfire that destroyed Somauroo's home, after the county's suit was originally filed.
    — LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Climate change was considered a factor in the 2021 Marshall Fire that destroyed Somauroo’s home, after the county's suit was originally filed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of destroyed
Verb
  • Then Beamer and his boys went on the road and got clobbered by Alabama to the tune of a 49-18 beatdown.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The 27-year-old clobbered his 40th homer of the season in the first inning and performed an encore with his 41st in the fourth.
    — James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of clobbered
Verb
  • The title hints that the film will follow Aegon the Conqueror, who, along with his sister-wives Visenya and Rhaenys, invaded Westeros and conquered most of the Seven Kingdoms with the help of their dragons, Balerion, Vhagar and Meraxes.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • After consolidating their political power throughout Italy, the Romans conquered most of southern and western Europe and the Mediterranean coastal regions, including North Africa.
    — Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of conquered
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