clobber

Pronunciation:		'klâbur
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all your clobber?" [v] beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" [v] strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"

	Synonyms:	baste, bat, batter, drub, lick, stuff, thrash

	See Also:	beat, beat out, beat up, crush, personal estate, personal property, personalty, private property, shell, trounce, vanquish, work over

Computing Dictionary

	Definition:	To overwrite, usually unintentionally: "I walked off the end of the array and clobbered the stack." Compare mung, scribble, trash, and smash the stack. [jargon file]

Thesaurus Terms

	Related Terms:	bang, bash, bat, bear the palm, beat, beat all hollow, belt, best, biff, blank, blast, bonk, bulldoze, clap, clip, clout, clump, coldcock, crack, cream, cut, dash, deal, deal a blow, deck, defeat, defeat utterly, drub, fetch, fetch a blow, hit, hit a clip, jab, knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out, lambaste, let have it, lick, overbear, overwhelm, paste, plunk, poke, punch, schmear, shellac, shut out, skin, skunk, slam, slog, slug, smack, smash, smear, smite, smother, snap, snow under, soak, sock, steamroller, strike, strike at, swat, swipe, take the cake, thrash, thump, thwack, trim, triumph, trounce, wallop, whack, wham, whelm, whitewash, whomp, whop, win, worst, yerk