1. a severe beating or defeat
Usage: informal

1. hitting someone or something very hard
Usage: informal
2. defeating someone decisively in a competition
Usage: informal

Examples

• The boxer was clobbering his opponent with powerful punches.
• Our team got a real clobbering in last night’s game.
• The hailstorm was clobbering the roof all night long.
• She’s clobbering the competition in the spelling bee.
• The critics gave the movie a complete clobbering.
• He took a clobbering from his older brother.
• The hurricane was clobbering the coastal towns.