Thesaurus results for WALLOPED

walloped

verb

past tense of wallop

as in pounded

to strike repeatedly walloped the branches of the pear tree with a stick in an effort to knock down some fruit

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as in whipped

to defeat by a large margin walloped their traditional rivals 20 to nothing

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as in smacked

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner arrested for walloping a police officer

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Recent Examples of walloped This ecosystem is periodically walloped by hurricanes that strip its canopy and blanket the forest floor with tree branches and leaves. —

John Kominoski, The Conversation, 10 June 2026 Instead, the Lancers got beat, got walloped actually, 7-0, on their own field. —

Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026 Angels walloped by the Athletics Nick Kurtz had three hits and five RBIs, Brent Rooker and Zack Gelof homered and drove in three runs apiece as the Athletics beat the Angels 14-6 on Tuesday night. —

Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026 The Packers have walloped the Rams in recent memory, winning 16 of their last 21 meetings dating back to 1992, including 10 of their last 11. —

Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026 In the East, the Detroit Pistons dispatched the Cleveland Cavaliers, and in the West, the Oklahoma City Thunder walloped LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers by 18 points. —

Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 May 2026 The two shots gave the Celtics — who had walloped the 76ers in two of the first four games and won another in the clutch — a 13-point third-quarter lead. —

Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026 During that time, the company has also been walloped by tariffs, geopolitical challenges, and industry overcapacity. —

Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026 O’Neill inexplicably bobbles the snap, tries to pick the ball up instead of diving on it and loses it again when he gets walloped. —

Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026

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The Pittsburgh area was hit hard by severe weather on Sunday evening, with the National Weather Service issuing multiple tornado warnings as heavy wind and rain pounded the region.

— Michael Guise, CBS News, 14 June 2026
Waves are not expected to be as big as those that pounded the shore last week and led to the deaths of two people.

— Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026