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Verb: drub (drubbed,drubbing)  drúb
  1. [informal] Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
    "We drubbed the other team on Sunday!";
    - cream [informal], clobber [informal], thrash [informal], lick [informal], paste [informal], blow away [informal], muller [Brit, informal], marmelize [Brit, informal], marmelise [Brit, informal], trounce, whale [N. Amer, informal], hammer [informal], wipe the floor [informal], marmalise [Brit, informal], beat hollow [informal], slaughter [informal], marmalize [Brit, informal], smoke [N. Amer, informal], shellack [N. Amer, informal], shellac [N. Amer, informal]
     
  2. Beat or strike repeatedly with force
    "The boxer drubbed his opponent with a series of heavy blows"

Derived forms: drubs, drubbing, drubbed

Type of: beat, beat out, crush, shell [US], trounce, vanquish

Encyclopedia: Drub, West Yorkshire