scotched

past tense of scotch
as in defeated

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Verb
  • The Blue Jays nearly defeated the Dodgers in Game 6 on Friday night, but the valiant comeback attempt fell short in the ninth inning as Los Angeles was able to turn a game-ending double play.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Spanberger then narrowly defeated Nick Frietas, a Republican member of the House of Delegates, in 2020 to be re-elected.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
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  • At one point in the third quarter, Daniels scrambled against a blitz, stopped to throw, then retreated again 14 yards behind the line of scrimmage and completed a pass while getting crushed to the ground.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The second quarter crushed the Celtics.
    Jay King, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
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  • However, on Tuesday, the Hornets were exposed as the Miami Heat routed LaMelo Ball and company 144-117.
    Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • What’s in the air On most commercial jets, outside air is compressed and heated by the engine before it’s routed into the cabin.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
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  • The Giants followed that up by getting thrashed by the Eagles in Philadelphia this past Sunday.
    Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • And that all came into play in Game 1, as the Jays thrashed the Los Angeles Dodgers, 11-4, at a raucous Rogers Centre on Friday night.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 25 Oct. 2025
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  • Tarkenton and his Minnesota Vikings, of course, felt the Raiders’ wrath one January afternoon in Pasadena when Oakland trounced them in Super Bowl XI.
    Jon Becker, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The Blue Jays trounced the Dodgers in Game 1 of the World Series, taking a 1-0 lead with an 11-4 win.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
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  • Herodotus reasoned that had Helen in fact been within the walls of Troy instead of in Egypt, the Trojans would surely have surrendered her to the Greeks rather than allow their city to be destroyed.
    Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Your homes may have been damaged or destroyed and your communities and towns no longer look the same.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ford was injured in the first quarter of Boise State’s 56-31 victory over UNLV on Saturday after trying to catch a ball thrown over the middle of the field, where he was clobbered by two UNLV defenders.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 22 Oct. 2025
  • But quarterbacks lacking humility get clobbered by reality.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • Amy Schumer has conquered comedy and television.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Nature has been conquered by cellular coverage.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Scotched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scotched. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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