beatdown
noun
beat·down
ˈbēt-ˌdau̇n 
1
US, informal
: a violent physical beating
… said his own client was badly hurt in a beatdown by NYPD officers …—
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US, informal
: an emphatic or overwhelming defeat
… he was sitting in his Eugene hotel room, … while absorbing a beatdown in PlayStation 3 boxing from his 10-year-old brother Seth.—Tim Layden
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Lamar’s performance of his slanderous mambo was the only real moment of drama and tension amid the Philadelphia Eagles’ unaesthetic beatdown of the Kansas City Chiefs.
—Armin Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2025
Interesting Details of Eagles' Super Bowl Ring Explained Philadelphia Eagles Reveal Super Bowl LIX Rings
The Eagles laid a beatdown on the Commanders to advance to the Super Bowl.
—Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
The group then pounced on Marshall, delivering him a beatdown with an onslaught of kicks while another person appeared to strike him repeatedly with a stick.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
Witness his absolutely brutal verbal beatdown of a former scream queen in the clip below.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 13 June 2025
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Armin Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2025
Interesting Details of Eagles' Super Bowl Ring Explained Philadelphia Eagles Reveal Super Bowl LIX Rings
The Eagles laid a beatdown on the Commanders to advance to the Super Bowl.
—Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
The group then pounced on Marshall, delivering him a beatdown with an onslaught of kicks while another person appeared to strike him repeatedly with a stick.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
Witness his absolutely brutal verbal beatdown of a former scream queen in the clip below.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 13 June 2025
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“Beatdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beatdown. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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