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DRUB
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Irregular inflected forms: drubbed , drubbing
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
Example:
We licked the other team on Sunday!
Synonyms:
bat; clobber; cream; drub; lick; thrash
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "drub" is one way to...):
beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)
Verb group:
flail; lam; thrash; thresh (give a thrashing to; beat hard)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The fighter managed to drub his opponent
Derivation:
drubbing (a sound defeat)
