thrashing
A sound defeat
Thrashing is a severe beating or defeat: The team took a thrashing in the playoffs.
It also describes violent, uncontrolled movement—a person thrashing in their sleep, a fish thrashing on the deck.
In computing, thrashing is when a system spends more time swapping data between memory levels than doing useful work, grinding productivity to a halt.
Repeated striking blows
- pummelingSustained striking attack
- lashingBeating or binding
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
- wallopingPowerful blow or defeat
clobbering · flogging · mauling · drubbing · pounding · smacking · hammering · bludgeoning
Overwhelming one-sided victory
- drubbingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- trouncingOverwhelming defeat
- wallopingPowerful blow or defeat
- clobberingDefeating or striking decisively
pummeling · shellacking · demolition · annihilation · massacre · wipeout · blowout · landslide
Agitated circular motion
- roilingChurning with turbulence
- swirlingTurning in curves
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
- frothingForming bubbly foam
whipping · tossing · heaving · seething · boiling · foaming · crashing · surging
Twisting the body convulsively
- floppingFalling loosely, without control
- tossingLight underhand throw
- convulsingShaking uncontrollably, involuntarily
- squirmingTwisting restlessly from discomfort
jerking · struggling · floundering · twisting · rolling · bucking · kicking · lurching
whipping
Repeated striking blows
walloping · clobbering · flogging · mauling · drubbing · pounding · smacking · hammering · bludgeoning · belting
rout
Overwhelming one-sided victory
clobbering · pummeling · shellacking · demolition · annihilation · massacre · wipeout · blowout · landslide · humiliation
churning
Agitated circular motion
- roilingChurning with turbulence
- swirlingTurning in curves
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
frothing · whipping · tossing · heaving · seething · boiling · foaming · crashing · surging · buffeting
writhing
Twisting the body convulsively
- floppingFalling loosely, without control
- tossingLight underhand throw
- convulsingShaking uncontrollably, involuntarily
squirming · jerking · struggling · floundering · twisting · rolling · bucking · kicking · lurching · heaving
thrashingvictory
Defeating an opponent
triumph · win · conquest · domination · rout
thrashingstillness
Complete lack of motion
motionlessness · calm · repose · immobility · tranquility
thrashingcaress
Gentle loving touch
gentle touch · nurturing · comforting · soothing · pampering