clobbered

past tense of clobber
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of clobbered That team held a players-only meeting after falling to 0-3… then got clobbered, 27-0, by the Houston Oilers in Week 4. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026 Then Beamer and his boys went on the road and got clobbered by Alabama to the tune of a 49-18 beatdown. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 The 27-year-old clobbered his 40th homer of the season in the first inning and performed an encore with his 41st in the fourth. — James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026 Last week against fellow FBS newcomer North Dakota State, Sharman was chased, hurried, sacked, clobbered and more. — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Porter County Commissioner Jim Biggs’ home was clobbered by a tree during the storm. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026 Construction, public transit, and food distribution are all poised to be clobbered by higher prices. — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026 The Miami duo of Graham Pauley and Kyle Stowers clobbered home runs. — Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026 Clips of the straight, white Clark being clobbered by Black opponents, in a league where 25% to 35% of players are publicly LGBTQ+, became a staple of rightwing social media. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 22 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clobbered
Verb
  • Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper, two longtime opponents for this franchise, then smacked consecutive homers off Lee, who’d surrendered three long balls the entire regular season.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Contreras smacked Young’s sinker 403 feet to left to lead off the fourth for his 18th homer.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • After learning that Manchester whipped Maggie with a cat-o’-nine-tails, Lizzie agrees to help the Borden family’s maid kill her.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
  • That sort of whipped, inswinging ball from Slater that caused so much havoc is hugely familiar to avid Premier League watchers.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Residential real estate prices may hit a bottom in the third quarter of 2028, the report said.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • For Fleabag and The Tourist producer Two Brothers, the show is the first hitting the international market since its parent, All3Media, was acquired by Banijay.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Most Gaza residents live in squalid tent camps, with large parts of cities bombed to rubble.
    — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Kyiv has bombed Russian refineries, leading Moscow to ban diesel exports.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In a press conference on Wednesday, DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry said the police investigation began on the night of Oct 8, 2011, when a 17-year-old girl ran to apartment complex on Lumbee Drive, knocked on a door, and asked for help.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The Maine, North Carolina, and Texas AFL-CIOs and their affiliates have knocked hundreds of thousands of doors already this cycle, presenting voters with the contract and where the candidates stand.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Tyrell Henry caught 14 passes to set a Wisconsin single-game record and Colton Joseph threw for 362 yards and accounted for four touchdowns as the Badgers trounced Eastern Michigan 54-10 on Saturday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Shares of the drone manufacturer jumped 10% after first-quarter results trounced estimates.
    — Michelle Fox,Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In 2018, Boulder County slapped the giant energy companies Suncor Energy and Exxon Mobil with a lawsuit.
    — Carrie Johnson, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Mateo Chavez slapped out at Sebastian Berhalter and earned a straight red card.
    — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • James made a nifty behind-the-back pass to Edgecombe (who missed a corner 3) and even squared up and buried a long 3 from about Caitlin Clark range.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The difference is buried in management time, attention, optionality and operating friction.
    — George Wells, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Clobbered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clobbered. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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