clobber
verb (used with object)
to batter severely; strike heavily.
had clobbered
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past perfectof clobber.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Investors knew full well that the Fed’s interest rate hikes, a necessary but belated response to inflation, had clobbered the bond market.
From Washington Post β Mar. 17, 2023
The economic downturn and the Fukushima disaster had clobbered the global market for nuclear power and seriously hurt the company’s bottom line, a spokesman said at the time.
From Washington Post β Mar. 6, 2015
Within an hour, their opening batsmen Gilchrist and Hayden had clobbered us out of the game.
From The Guardian β Mar. 13, 2011
In the District of Columbia primary he had clobbered Estes Kefauver by a two-to-one margin and won all six convention votes.
From Time Magazine Archive
