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"Decisive defeat"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈlɪkɪŋ/Part of speech nounSorted cgiiklnStarts with LEnds with G1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

Used in a sentence

  • “Our football team took a licking last night.”

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Synonyms

defeat 6 letterslacing 6 lettersbeating 7 lettersdrubbing 8 letterswhacking 8 lettersthrashing 9 letterstrouncing 9 letters

Broader terms

ending 6 lettersfinish 6 lettersfailure 7 lettersconclusion 10 letters

More specific words

rout 4 letterslurch 5 lettersskunk 5 lettersdebacle 7 letterslashing 7 lettersshutout 7 letterstanning 7 lettersdrubbing 8 letters

Rhymes

ding 4 lettersking 4 lettersling 4 lettersping 4 lettersring 4 letterssing 4 lettersting 4 letterswing 4 letters

Longer words

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