clobbered

"Extra investment in public transport must also focus on cutting fares for hard-pressed families being clobbered by a cost of living crisis."

The adorable antics were probably the most entertaining aspect of the night for L.A. fans, who then had to watch their team get clobbered by the Athletics 11-1.

I was covering Little League baseball in Davis, an exercise in recycling adjectives to describe home runs that were clobbered, ripped, slugged, rocketed, smoked and launched.

It's well known these sectors sell well abroad and now risk being clobbered by US import taxes.

But in January, it was mostly cage-housed flocks in states such as Ohio, Missouri and North Carolina that got clobbered.