as in whipped
to defeat by a large margin
the basketball team was whomped in the last game of the regular season and missed out on the playoffs
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Recent Examples of whomped
Last year, the Hoosiers got whomped in the two games against elite opposition (a 38-15 loss at Ohio State and a 27-17 loss at Notre Dame that was 27-3 with less than two minutes left).
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Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whomped
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As conquerers of the Eastern Conference, the New York Knicks have whipped all five boroughs into a frenzy.—
Esfandiar Baraheni,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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Costume bit the tenant’s hands and cheek during the struggle, then whipped a knife out of his pocket and stabbed the tenant in the back of the neck, the tenant said.—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
1 June 2026
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In reality, there were three forecast teams—one American and two British—in three different locations in case one of them were to be bombed.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
29 May 2026
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There’s also a threat of infrastructure such as the airport being bombed.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
28 May 2026
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Bottom line Next, ponder how surging rates clobbered affordability as home prices failed to tumble, and sales collapsed.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
28 May 2026
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The best team in hockey was clobbered.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
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On Monday night, the New York Knicks trounced the Cleveland Cavaliers to reach the NBA Finals for the first time in 27 years.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
27 May 2026
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Trump revealed no second thoughts after Paxton trounced Cornyn on Tuesday night.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
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Barkov has three goals and eight assists in the tournament including one of each Saturday as the Finns upset Canada 4-2 to reach the title game.—
Greg Cote
May 31,
Miami Herald,
31 May 2026
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After the last couple shows, I’ve been flooded with messages from fans that were upset by her rants.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
31 May 2026
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The Miami Hurricanes overcame the first-inning implosion on Saturday night, one in which poor pitching from AJ Ciscar and poor defense behind him allowed the Florida Gators to score six runs in the winner’s bracket game in the Gainesville Regional of the NCAA tournament.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
31 May 2026
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La Mirada scored two runs in the fifth inning, but Escobar closed out well and overcame walking five batters.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Fortunately for the Trojans, Adrian Lopez alertly threw home to easily nail Hacopian by several feet to end the inning.—
Jose de Jesus Ortiz,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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The pitcher threw one pitch behind Crow-Armstrong and the another over his head.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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That could be a good thing for USC-UCLA, Iowa-Nebraska, Illinois-Northwestern and other Big Ten rivalry games that tend to get buried on the last weekend of the regular season.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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His ashes are buried in the Memorial Garden at our church and his name added to a list of those who reside there.—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
29 May 2026
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“Whomped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whomped. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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