defeat vs drub

defeat

verb
  • To overcome in battle or contest. 

  • To nullify 

  • To prevent (something) from being achieved. 

  • To reduce, to nothing, the strength of. 

noun
  • The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss. 

  • Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification. 

  • The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing. 

drub

verb
  • To defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush. 

  • To beat (someone or something) with a stick. 

  • To forcefully teach something. 

  • To criticize harshly; to excoriate. 

noun
  • Carbonaceous shale; small coal; slate, dross, or rubbish in coal. 

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