English Synonym Finder

clobber

Definitions

To hit someone or something hard.

To defeat someone easily and completely in a game or contest.

To criticize someone or something severely.

Examples

The heavyweight champion managed to clobber his opponent in the very first round.

If you don't finish your chores before your parents get home, they are going to clobber you.

The sudden storm managed to clobber the local power grid, leaving the entire neighborhood in the dark.

Synonyms

thrash batter pummel defeat vanquish trounce drub

Antonyms

lose surrender yield forfeit fail succumb capitulate