clobber vs knock the living daylights out of

clobber

verb
  • To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage. 

  • To overwrite (data) or override (an assignment of a value), often unintentionally or unexpectedly. 

noun
  • A thumping or beating. 

  • A bash on say the head, typically with a tool or object rather than with fists. 

  • Clothing; clothes. 

  • A paste used by shoemakers to hide the cracks in leather. 

  • Equipment. 

intj
  • to beat (someone) severely 

knock the living daylights out of

verb
  • To beat or strike someone. 

  • To greatly excel against (someone or something). 

  • To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone in a physical fight, especially by knocking out that person. 

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