clobber
verb (used with object)
to batter severely; strike heavily.
were clobbering
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past progressiveof clobber.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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To have headed the CIA, championing its cause when so many critics were clobbering it, is now an unanticipated political plus.
From Time Magazine Archive
