clobbering
- present participle of clobber.
Example Sentences
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Apple finally overthrew Nvidia to reclaim the title of the world’s largest company by market capitalization, underscoring the dramatic degree to which the iPhone maker’s stock is clobbering the broader technology universe.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
The shift of manufacturing jobs to less expensive states in the South, or to Asia, started clobbering many Midwestern factory towns in the 1970s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
Weatherald was in fine early touch, clobbering a series of boundaries from Carse whose radar was off, bowling too short and wide.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
And when Padres reliever Jeremiah Estrada did serve up a mistake over the plate, Hernández didn’t miss it, clobbering a 2-and-1 fastball down the middle for a 420-foot drive that broke open the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
For such a frail old lady, Miss Wren was giving Miss Peregrine a pretty good clobbering.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
