trashings
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Trashings are instances of severe criticism, defeat, or destruction.
A film might receive multiple trashings from critics.
A sports team suffers repeated trashings throughout a losing season.
The word can also refer to acts of physical vandalism: The trashings of local shops continued through the night.
Harshly criticizing someone
- savagingAttacking with ferocity
- excoriatingSeverely denouncing or censuring
- panningLateral camera traverse
- roastingCooking with dry heat
blasting · skewering · eviscerating · denouncing · condemning · slamming · attacking · ripping
Act of completely ruining
- wreckingDestroying completely
- ransackingSearching while wrecking
- smashingBritish slang for excellent
- damagingCausing loss or injury
defacing · ruining · demolishing · ravaging · desecrating · pillaging · looting · gutting
Overwhelming one-sided victory
- blowoutSudden tire failure
- drubbingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- shellackingCrushing, lopsided defeat
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
demolition · crushing · humiliation · massacre · slaughter · whitewash · walloping · hammering
lambasting
Harshly criticizing someone
- savagingAttacking with ferocity
- excoriatingSeverely denouncing or censuring
- panningLateral camera traverse
roasting · blasting · skewering · eviscerating · denouncing · condemning · slamming · attacking · ripping · shredding
destruction
Act of completely ruining
- wreckingDestroying completely
- ransackingSearching while wrecking
- smashingBritish slang for excellent
damaging · defacing · ruining · demolishing · ravaging · desecrating · pillaging · looting · gutting · sabotaging
rout
Overwhelming one-sided victory
- blowoutSudden tire failure
- drubbingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- shellackingCrushing, lopsided defeat
annihilation · demolition · crushing · humiliation · massacre · slaughter · whitewash · walloping · hammering · pasting
thrashing
Decisive, lopsided defeat
- pummelingSustained striking attack
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
- drubbingDecisive, lopsided defeat
walloping · pounding · clobbering · lashing · whipping · flogging · mauling · hammering · bashing · belting
trashingsnail-biters
Suspenseful, closely contested events
squeakers · photo finishes · cliffhangers · toss-ups · draws
trashingspraises
Verbally commends
raves · rave reviews · celebrations · accolades · acclaims
trashingspampering
Lavish attentive care
coddling · nurturing · preservation · protection · safeguarding