Thesaurus results for WHOMPING

whomping

verb

present participle of whomp

as in whipping

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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In whipping rain and wind in New Jersey, the New York Giants held on for a 12-7 win in their first game since quarterback Jaxson Dart suffered a season-ending knee injury.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
Goalkeeper Emi Martinez floated a ball over Ezri Konsa to Rogers, who exchanged passes with Joao Pedro before shifting sharply onto his right foot and whipping a shot just wide of David Raya’s far post.

— Liam Twomey, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of whipping

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That included overcoming injuries to Jose Ramirez, Angel Martínez and rookie Chase DeLauter.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
The researchers found that the material could undergo helicity-independent magnetization reversal, overcoming a major constraint of earlier approaches.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of overcoming

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Revenue suffered during the shutdown, burying the company in a hole of debt with little chance of climbing out.

— Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
People are already burying the Chargers and this line moved from nearly double-digits (Chargers -9½) to under the key number of 7.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of burying

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Its new Home Cinema LS5000, LS6000, and LS7500 home theater projectors join the existing LS11000 flagship, with all four capable of throwing images as large as 300 inches.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2026
There’s a dictator, and that’s the guy that’s throwing the yellow hankies.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of throwing

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Some patients are arguably mad, others thrashing against their circumstances.

— Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Apparently, McQueen made the most of the Ferrari, thrashing it along Southern California’s Pacific Coast Highway and Mulholland Drive.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of thrashing

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Ukraine has been systematically bombing some of those refineries, severely curtailing the global supply of diesel fuel.

— Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
The person in the White House has asked Ukraine to stop bombing Russian refineries and oil/gas/diesel facilities.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026

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