Clobber is an English word with synonyms like beat or thrash. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Clobber in a sentence
Related words
Clobber meaning
- To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.
- To overwrite (data) or override (an assignment of a value), often unintentionally or unexpectedly.
Synonyms of Clobber
Using Clobber
- The main meaning on this page is: To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage. | To overwrite (data) or override (an assignment of a value), often unintentionally or unexpectedly.
- Useful related words include: beat, thrash, drub, bat.
- In the example corpus, clobber often appears in combinations such as: to clobber, would clobber, clobber them.
Context around Clobber
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Clobber
- In this selection, "clobber" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, costs, cubs, squall, household, grieving and enterprise stand out and add context to how "clobber" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and you clobber them because and chance to clobber them but. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "clobber" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with clobber
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
When Labour came to power in 1997, there were fears they would clobber enterprise. (14 words)
Watch a snow squall clobber NYC in this insane time lapseThanks for contacting us. (14 words)
Strowman blocked a leaping back elbow, only for Priest to clobber him with a forearm. (15 words)
The P-51, particularly with the advent of the K-14 Gyro gunsight and the development of "Clobber Colleges" for the training of fighter pilots in fall 1944, was a decisive element in Allied countermeasures against the Jagdverbände. (38 words)
Cubs Clobber Pirates Again, But Rizzo Leaves With InjuryStar first baseman Anthony Rizzo was pulled from a game Sunday with a sprained right ankle, putting a damper on the Chicago Cubs' victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. (36 words)
Crusaders clobber Hurricanes to reach Super Rugby finalThe Christchurch-based Crusaders maintained their seemingly unstoppable progress toward a ninth Super Rugby title when they overwhelmed the Wellington-based Hurricanes 30-12 in a one-sided semif. (36 words)
Example sentences (13)
It comes as high transport costs clobber household budgets, with around 5 million Brits pushed below the poverty line by their transport bill.
Strowman blocked a leaping back elbow, only for Priest to clobber him with a forearm.
The Labour-run Welsh administration is currently consulting on scrapping the council tax exemption for homes in probate, which would clobber grieving families with thousands of pounds in new taxes.
To anyone unfamiliar with volleyball, the game might look unorganized; a frantic scramble to clobber the ball over the net so the other six guys can then engage in some mad-dashery themselves.
When Labour came to power in 1997, there were fears they would clobber enterprise.
Cubs Clobber Pirates Again, But Rizzo Leaves With InjuryStar first baseman Anthony Rizzo was pulled from a game Sunday with a sprained right ankle, putting a damper on the Chicago Cubs' victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Watch a snow squall clobber NYC in this insane time lapseThanks for contacting us.
A bear market could seriously clobber a poorly positioned portfolio and wreck a person’s retirement plans.
And then you have the presidential election coming up again, and you clobber them because everybody gets off their ass and they get out and they work.
Bring some unwanted clobber of your own and rummage through thousands of preloved and unworn items with the help of a professional stylist to find the new outfit of your dreams.
Crusaders clobber Hurricanes to reach Super Rugby finalThe Christchurch-based Crusaders maintained their seemingly unstoppable progress toward a ninth Super Rugby title when they overwhelmed the Wellington-based Hurricanes 30-12 in a one-sided semif.
We have a chance to clobber them, but it will take hard work and financial donations to bring the people the truth and get the vote out.
The P-51, particularly with the advent of the K-14 Gyro gunsight and the development of "Clobber Colleges" for the training of fighter pilots in fall 1944, was a decisive element in Allied countermeasures against the Jagdverbände.
Common combinations with clobber
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to clobber 3×
- would clobber 2×
- clobber them 2×