Defeat soundly crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7, 15 and 16 letters

For anyone working on “Defeat soundly”, this group of answers has been selected from published puzzles where the same or very close clue phrasing was already resolved using these terms.

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Synonyms and Definitions

SHELLAC

• Synonyms: shellac varnish, shellack
• Definition: Lac that has been cleaned through a process of heating and filtering, typically appearing as thin orange or yellow flakes, although it can sometimes be bleached to a white color.

THRASH

• Synonyms: bat, clobber, convulse, cream, drub, flail, jactitate, lam, lick, mosh, slam, slam dance, slash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss

SPANK

• Synonyms: larrup, paddle
• Definition: a hit using the open palm of the hand

TROUNCE

• Synonyms: bawl out, beat, beat out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, crush, dress down, flog, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lash, lather, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, shell, strap, take to task, vanquish, welt, whip

THUMP

• Synonyms: clump, clunk, poke, pound, thud, thumping

DRUB

• Synonyms: thrash
• Definition: Decisively and completely defeat in a contest or battle

CREAM

• Synonyms: cream off, emollient, ointment, pick, skim, skim off

WALLOP

• Synonyms: impact, whack, wham, whop

ROUT

• Synonyms: expel, gouge, mob, rabble, root, rootle, rout out, spread-eagle
• Definition: a chaotic gathering of individuals

STOMP

• Synonyms: stamp, stump

CRUSH

• Synonyms: break down, calf love, compaction, crunch, crushed leather, demolish, infatuation, jam, mash, oppress, press, puppy love, smash, squash, squeeze, squelch, suppress, trounce