Defeat soundly
The crossword clue "Defeat soundly" is answered by THRASH, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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THRASH
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the THRASH answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for THRASH
Every other clue in this collection answered by THRASH, most used first.
- Defeat decisively - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Defeat thoroughly - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Pummel - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Beat - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Flog - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Whip - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Slept soundly? - SNORED, used 12 times
- Defeat, as an incumbent - UNSEAT, used 9 times
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