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- verb Present participle of
clobber . - noun informal A
beating ; athrashing ; a thoroughdefeat .
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Examples
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But part of the solution is recognizing the problem; and I don't really think that they believe that the clobbering has been a problem.
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From Karl Lagerfeld's pistol-heeled sandals to John Galliano's surrealistic metallic styles and Alexander McQueen's double decker platforms that recall the clobbering chopines worn by 15th century Venetian whores, designers fell all over themselves to create this season's Most Outrageous Shoe.
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These people just want to be like other Christians - Lutherans, Methodists, Catholics, Baptists, Presbyterians, Evangelicals, Orthodox - we all believe the Resurrection is immensely important to our faith, though we in the Anglican church aren't really into "clobbering" people with it.
A Jefferts Schori homily, delivered in Fort Worth | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009
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An elderly woman described yesterday how she foiled a gang of smash-and-grab jewellery robbers armed with sledgehammers by "clobbering" them with her shopping.
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Broken country - mountains, valleys, bluffs - was required for the missile to read its position and avoid "clobbering," plowing into the ground.
ArmsControlWonk 2009
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But he admitted this conference would see a move away from last year's infamous "clobbering" of top earners.
Shropshire Star 2008
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But he admitted this conference would see a move away from last year's infamous "clobbering" of top earners.
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Kristol doesn’t remotely attempt to contend that "clobbering" — lovely euphemism there — the Somali pilates pirates is in the national interest, or worth the potential consequences, or square the effort with the two other wars he alternates between thinking are world-historical endeavors and no great shakes.
I Done Felt How The Shells Burn, I Still Won’t Learn | ATTACKERMAN 2008
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Last month in France, President Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP party was clobbered in regional elections, and much of the clobbering was administered by the far-right Front National.
Euro Doesn't Fly With all the Voters David Cottle 2011
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For the second time in a week, reports have surfaced about the WTO clobbering a U.S. consumer labeling policy.
Dave Johnson: Trade Agreements Kill Jobs, Wages, Democracy Dave Johnson 2011
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