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单词 drubbing
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drubbing

They often get a drubbing from the critics.How about the regular drubbing the band gets in the press?It has taken a drubbing for all the little things that don't quite work.Won't we give them a drubbing.Labour was left marooned yesterday after it suffered a drubbing in Scotland but avoided catastrophic defeat in polls elsewhere.But perhaps long hours in traffic are increasingly likely, given the drubbing that congestion charging took in recent elections.They have won three league matches in a row since their 5-2 home drubbing by Morecambe.Their campaign plunged to new lows after the loss in Athens and the home drubbing by Liverpool.They will be hoping to produce the form that saw Spurs get a 4-0 drubbing on their own patch and this should be a cracking match.
(noun) 
Definition
an utter defeat, as in a contest
following their 5-0 drubbing by Holland
Synonyms
beating
the savage beating of a prisoner
defeat
The vote was seen as something of a defeat for the lobbyists.
hammering (informal)
pounding
whipping
Whenever we misbehaved, we were given a whipping.
thrashing
She dropped only eight points in her thrashing of the former champion.
licking (informal)
If Dad came home and found us, we could expect a licking.
pasting (slang)
flogging
He campaigned to put an end to flogging and hanging.
trouncing
clobbering (slang)
walloping (informal)
pummelling

Additional synonyms

in the sense of defeat
Definition
the act of defeating or state of being defeated
The vote was seen as something of a defeat for the lobbyists.
Synonyms
conquest,
beating,
overthrow,
pasting (slang),
rout,
debacle,
trouncing,
repulse,
vanquishment
in the sense of flogging
He campaigned to put an end to flogging and hanging.
Synonyms
beating,
hiding (informal),
whipping,
lashing,
thrashing,
caning,
scourging,
trouncing,
flagellation,
horsewhipping
in the sense of licking
If Dad came home and found us, we could expect a licking.
Synonyms
thrashing,
beating,
hiding (informal),
whipping,
tanning (slang),
flogging,
spanking,
drubbing

Nearby words of
drubbing

  • drowsiness
  • drowsy
  • drub
  • drubbing
  • drudge
  • drudgery
  • drug

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drubbing

  • drub

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