scotched

past tense of scotch
as in defeated

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Verb
  • And after Detroit defeated Green Bay, 34-31, in Week 14 last season, many Packers talked about wanting to see the Lions again in the postseason.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The team defeated the 49ers, 20-3, in front of a record-setting crowd.
    Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
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  • The Lions are also coming off a disappointing Week 1 performance, having gotten crushed, 27-13, by the Green Bay Packers.
    Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Every other actor lends a sense of being crushed by the weight of events as well.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • Operationally, returns can be routed more intelligently, ensuring that items go to the most cost-effective location, whether a warehouse, store or vendor partner.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Roth threw for three touchdowns, including a 61-yarder to running back Coby Herman on the second play from scrimmage, and Maggiore scored three times as the Mavericks routed the Matadors 45-13.
    Bernie Wilson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
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  • The Eagles were thrashed 70-28 by Creekside, a Georgia program that the Eagles beat 70-0 last season.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Back in April, Villa thrashed Newcastle 4-1.
    Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
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  • The Oilers trounced the Pioneers 48-7 in a nonleague game Thursday at Huntington Beach High.
    Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Belichick, the eight-time Super Bowl champion, is searching for his first collegiate win in his first true road game after being trounced by TCU in Chapel Hill on Monday night.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Alternatively, a star being ripped apart in TDE could produce a day-long GRB, but this scenario fails to replicate other properties of the GRB 250702B, an explosion that would require a very unusual star being destroyed by an even stranger black hole.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Hadid was commissioned to design it for a fire brigade on the Vitra Campus after a major 1981 fire destroyed most of the complex, which originally consisted of factory buildings but is now a collection of contemporary design and architecture showrooms.
    Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • When the lineup was hot in August, the Mets clobbered fastballs.
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • What happened between the Raiders getting clobbered and hitting cruise control is what allows middling teams like them — and the Patriots — to ascend mediocrity.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • Deftones’ History on the Streaming Ranking Deftones first conquered the Hard Rock Streaming Songs list just last month.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Shaquille O’Neal has dominated basketball courts, conquered television screens, and built an empire that spans everything from restaurants to real estate.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Scotched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scotched. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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