walloped

past tense of wallop
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Recent Examples of walloped Indiana walloped the defending champion Aces, 109-75, and Cunningham came off the bench to score 20 points on 7-of-9 shooting. Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026 In the rubber match of the series, Paul Goldschmidt timed up a fastball in his first at-bat, then walloped a curveball in his second at-bat. Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 June 2026 After being walloped by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, this waterfront town has been hard at work rebuilding and is now back and better than ever. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 June 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walloped
Verb
  • Russia has relentlessly pounded civilian areas of Ukraine, even though Moscow insists its forces target only military facilities.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Chivilli got especially pounded, surrendering three home runs.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In 2017, the object flew into our solar system, whipped around the sun like a comet, and flew back out.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The blaze raged through pine forests and scrubland through the weekend, whipped by gale force winds that often prevented water-dropping planes from operating.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The Tampa Bay Rays third baseman smacked a 463-foot whopper late last month.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 July 2026
  • Almost two years ago, China’s east coast was smacked by one of the strongest storms in decades, which temporarily halted container operations at both Shanghai and Ningbo ports.
    Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • Beijing lashed out, restricting vital commerce and the flow of Chinese tourists on which Japan – the world’s fourth-largest economy – depends.
    Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2026
  • Trump has repeatedly lashed out at the CNN White House correspondent, and her colleagues have defended her against him.
    Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026
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
Verb
  • Musk pointed to each of the three business lines as part of the pillars of the company that will fuel what would have to be 10x growth in three or four years to hit his $1 trillion revenue projection.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Additionally, Alvarez’s chances to hit a home run will get a pick-me-up from playing at home.
    Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Grande licked one of them, and fans were immediately outraged by the moment.
    Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 16 July 2026
  • As flames licked at the fabric and smoke curled toward the ceiling, an overcapacity crowd of more than 1,800 panicked, rushing for the exits and jamming against doors that opened inward.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026
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

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