Dust
Dust verb - To defeat by a large margin.
Usage example: the inexperienced sprinter somehow dusted the field of veterans
Drub
Drub verb - To defeat by a large margin.
Usage example: we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contest
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