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beating
A heavy defeat or setback
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  1. A heavy defeat or setback
  2. A thorough defeat, as in an athletic contest.
  3. A defeat
defeat
The act of defeating, or gaining victory
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  1. The act of defeating, or gaining victory
  2. The state of being defeated; failure to win:
  3. A coming to naught; frustration:
drubbing
A severe beating.
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  1. A severe beating.
  2. A thorough defeat.
  3. A thorough beating or defeat
overthrow
An instance of overthrowing, especially one that results in downfall or destruction.
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  1. An instance of overthrowing, especially one that results in downfall or destruction.
  2. (Sports) A throw that goes too far.
  3. A removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force.
rout
A disorderly retreat or flight following defeat.
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  1. A disorderly retreat or flight following defeat.
  2. A disorderly flight or retreat, as of defeated troops
  3. An overwhelming defeat
thrashing
A beating, especially a severe one
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  1. A beating, especially a severe one
  2. A beating; flogging
  3. A heavy defeat
massacre
The act or an instance of killing a large number of humans indiscriminately and cruelly.
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  1. The act or an instance of killing a large number of humans indiscriminately and cruelly.
  2. (Informal) A severe defeat, as in a sports event.
  3. (Informal) An overwhelming defeat, as in sports
trimming
(Old, Informal) A beating; thrashing
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  1. (Old, Informal) A beating; thrashing
  2. (Informal) A sound defeat, beating, or punishment.
  3. A decisive defeat
whipping
The action of a person or thing that whips; esp., a flogging or beating, as in punishment
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  1. The action of a person or thing that whips; esp., a flogging or beating, as in punishment
  2. The act of one that whips.
  3. (Countable) A heavy defeat; a thrashing.
licking
(Slang) A great loss or defeat.
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  1. (Slang) A great loss or defeat.
  2. A beating, thrashing, or spanking.
  3. A defeat
Find another word for dusting. In this page you can discover 12 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for dusting, like: beating, defeat, drubbing, overthrow, rout, thrashing, vanquishment, massacre, trimming, whipping and licking.

Sentence Examples

  • Cassie rolled over and stood, dusting sand from her clothes.

  • Memory returned when she was dusting in the living room.

  • It was sort of lying around when I was dusting her room.

  • Hannah's eyes widened, and she rose, angling her past the butler and a maid dusting a painting to the second floor.

  • Destroy aphides and other insects by syringing with tobacco water, or by fumigating, or by dusting with tobacco powder.

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