hammered

They can smash someone 4-0, then get hammered themselves the next game.

Even if a strong agreement is hammered out, there is no real assurance against backtracking.

The young nation was divided and newspapers and pamphlets hammered home the differences between the two men – in many cases embellishing those differences.

Shipyard workers hammered away the last supporting "shores" and wedges, then ducked and dashed for cover as the huge vessel slid above their heads in a spectacular sideways launch into the River Ouse.

But this one family’s grief is many people’s grief as it’s a nightmare replicated across the Valencia region which was hammered by flash flooding nearly two weeks ago, killing at least 219 people.