shutout
Scoreless for one
A shutout is a game in which one side fails to score—the losing team is "shut out" of the scoring.
Most common in baseball and hockey: The pitcher threw a complete-game shutout.
The term extends to any situation where someone is completely excluded or denied: a shutout from the negotiations.
Without any points
- blankingErasing or forgetting
- goalieNet-guarding player
- defenseProtection against harm
- pitcherPouring vessel or hurler
no-hitter · goalkeeper · saves · blocked · denied · stonewall · impenetrable · dominant
Nothing whatsoever
- scorelessWithout any points
- nothingNot any thing
- blankWithout marks or content
- zilchInformal term for naught
zip · nada · bagel · duck · love · zeroed · pointless · blanked
Sudden tire failure
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
- drubbingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- whitewashConceal or coat pale
- dominationSupreme authority held
humiliation · trouncing · shellacking · crushing · embarrassment · lopsided · one-sided · decimation
Employer-imposed work stoppage
- barredBlocked from entry
- blockedPassage prevented or impeded
- restrictedLimited in scope
- blacklistedFormally excluded or barred
boycott · embargo · banned · prohibited · rejected · ostracized · marginalized · isolated
scoreless
Without any points
pitcher · no-hitter · goalkeeper · saves · blocked · denied · stonewall · impenetrable · dominant · masterful
nil
Nothing whatsoever
zilch · zip · nada · bagel · duck · love · zeroed · pointless · blanked
blowout
Sudden tire failure
domination · humiliation · trouncing · shellacking · crushing · embarrassment · lopsided · one-sided · decimation · annihilation
lockout
Employer-imposed work stoppage
- barredBlocked from entry
- blockedPassage prevented or impeded
- restrictedLimited in scope
blacklisted · boycott · embargo · banned · prohibited · rejected · ostracized · marginalized · isolated · segregated
- ___ out wordsstrikeout, flyout, groundout, popup, lineout
- sports winsknockout, upset, blowout, sweep, walkoff
- exclusionsexclude, exclusion, excluding, except, exception
- compound wordsbookmark, breakdown, sunlight, breakup, snowflake
- baseballbaseball, bat, pitchers, catchers, pitcher
- hockeypuck, hockey, ice hockey, pucks, field hockey
shutoutnail-biter
Suspensefully close competition
close game · narrow victory · squeaker · photo finish · toss-up