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Clobber

/klɒb.ə(ɹ)/

A thumping or beating.

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📖 Definitions of "Clobber"

noun

1
A thumping or beating.
2
A bash on say the head, typically with a tool or object rather than with fists.

verb

1
To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.
2
To overwrite (data) or override (an assignment of a value), often unintentionally or unexpectedly.

🔄 Synonyms of "Clobber"

7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
lickverb	(transitive) To stroke with the tongue.
thrashverb	To beat mercilessly.
stuffnoun	(informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
bastenoun	(transitive) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
drubverb	To defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush.
batnoun	Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
batternoun	To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Clobber"

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Word	Definition
batternoun	To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
thrashverb	To beat mercilessly.
lickverb	(transitive) To stroke with the tongue.
stuffnoun	(informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
bastenoun	(transitive) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
drubverb	To defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush.
batnoun	Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
trounceverb	(transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
beatverb	A stroke; a blow.
smashverb	(colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
stompverb	(ambitransitive) To trample heavily.
smiteverb	To kill violently; to slay.
shatterverb	(transitive) To violently break something into pieces.
scrapnoun	(uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
catchverb	(countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
demolishverb	(literally) To destroy (buildings, etc.), especially in a planned or intentional fashion.
destroyverb	(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
trapnoun	A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
ruinnoun	To destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
obliterateverb	(transitive) To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.