| Main Entry: | pommel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat |
Synonyms: |
belabor, club, cudgel, finial, handle, knob, maul, pound, pummel, saddlebow, strike, thwack |
| Main Entry: | batter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strike and damage |
Synonyms: |
assault, bash, beat, break, bruise, buffet, clobber, contuse, cripple, crush, dash, deface, demolish, destroy, disable, disfigure, drub, hurt, injure, lacerate, lambaste, lame, lash, mangle, mar, maul, mutilate, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punish, ruin, shatter, smash, thrash, wallop, wreck |
| Main Entry: | club |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit hard with object |
Synonyms: |
bash, baste, batter, beat, blackjack, bludgeon, clobber, clout, cosh, cudgel, fustigate, hammer, pommel, pound, pummel, strike, whack |
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conquer in athletic contest |
Synonyms: |
KO, beat, bust, clobber, cream*, deck, drop*, drub, edge, flax, flog, floor*, knock out, lambaste*, lick, outhit, outjump, outplay, outrun, overpower, plow under, pommel, pound*, powder, pulverize, run roughshod over, skin*, steamroll, take, take it all, take to cleaners, tan*, thrash, total, trounce, wallop, whack, whomp, win, work over, zap |
| Notes: | decimate means to kill or destroy in large numbers; defeat means to win a victory over or to beat |
Antonyms: |
give up, lose, surrender |
| Main Entry: | hurt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause physical pain; experience pain |
Synonyms: |
abuse, ache, afflict, ail, be sore, be tender, belt, bite, blemish, bruise, burn, cramp, cut, cut up, damage, disable, do violence, flail, flog, harm, impair, injure, kick, lacerate, lash, maltreat, mar, maul, mess up, nip, pierce, pinch, pommel, prick, pummel, punch, puncture, punish, rough up, shake up, slap, slug, smart, spank, spoil, squeeze, stab, sting, tear, throb, torment, torture, total, trouble, wax, whack, whip, wing, wound, wrack up, wring |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, assuage, cure, heal, help, relieve, remedy, soothe |
| Main Entry: | trounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat overwhelmingly |
Synonyms: |
bash, beat, blank, bury, bust, cap, clobber, conquer, cook one's goose, crush, drub, dust*, fix one's wagon, flog, hammer*, lambaste*, lather, lick*, make mincemeat of, murder, overcome, overwhelm, paste, pommel, put away, rout, swamp, thrash*, total*, trash*, walk over, wallop, waste*, wax, whip, win, wipe off the mat |
Antonyms: |
fail, forfeit, lose |