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English noun: clobber | |||
| 1. | clobber (possession) informal terms for personal possessions | ||
| Samples | Did you take all your clobber?. | ||
| Synonyms | stuff | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | personal estate, personal property, personalty, private property | ||
English verb: clobber | |||
| 1. | clobber (contact) strike violently and repeatedly | ||
| Samples | She clobbered the man who tried to attack her. | ||
| Examples | They want to clobber the prisoners | ||
| Synonyms | baste, batter | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beat, beat up, work over | ||
| 2. | clobber (contact) beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight | ||
| Samples | We licked the other team on Sunday!. | ||
| Examples | The fighter managed to clobber his opponent | ||
| Synonyms | bat, cream, drub, lick, thrash | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | ||
| Verb group | flail, lam, thrash, thresh | ||
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