beatdown

[beet-doun]

noun

1. a decisive defeat.

   The team is on its way to the quarterfinals after delivering last night's 12–3 beatdown.

2. a severe beating.

   If you said that to me, you'd get the beatdown of your life.

verb phrase

1. to cause to be subdued, discouraged, or hopeless.

   Never allow yourself to be beaten down by the hardships you face in life.

   Every time someone raises this issue, others beat them down with outraged attacks on their patriotism.

2. to beat physically.

   Protesters had been beaten down by police wielding batons.

3. to persuade (a seller) to lower the price of something.

   His first price was too high, so we tried to beat him down.

Word History and Origins

Origin of beatdown¹

First recorded in 1985–90, for the noun; 1610–20, for the verb

Example Sentences

But, in Boston, he suffered a beatdown.

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Playing on baseball’s grandest stage for the first time in 32 years, the Blue Jays scored nine runs in the sixth inning on Friday on their way to an 11-4 beatdown.

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Justice Samuel Alito was even more aggressive in his beatdown of the VRA.

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In the process he has led Vanderbilt to five straight wins, including a 31-7 beatdown of No. 11 South Carolina.

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The performance meant that the Americans had managed to avoid a complete beatdown.

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