drub
Beat very badly
To drub is to beat soundly, whether literally or figuratively.
The word appears most often in sports contexts, where one team drubs another by winning decisively: The home team drubbed the visitors 42-7.
A drubbing is a thorough defeat or beating.
defeat
Defeat decisively
- thrashBeat violently or defeat utterly
- clobberDefeat or strike decisively
- wallopForceful strike or defeat
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
crush · pummel · whip · demolish · annihilate · overwhelm · vanquish · flatten
trounce
Defeat decisively
- thrashBeat violently or defeat utterly
- clobberDefeat or strike decisively
- wallopForceful strike or defeat
rout · crush · pummel · whip · demolish · annihilate · overwhelm · vanquish · flatten · decimate
pummel
Strike repeatedly with fists
wallop · strike · hit · club · cudgel · thump · whack · hammer · flog · cane
lambaste
Scold with ferocity
- excoriateSeverely criticize or censure
- castigateReprimand severely
- berateCriticize severely and lengthily
denounce · censure · rebuke · condemn · chastise · admonish · reprimand · scold · upbraid · flay