Defeat decisively
The crossword clue "Defeat decisively" is answered by TROMP, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TROMP
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TROMP answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1989. 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 TROMP
Every other clue in this collection answered by TROMP, most used first.
- Walk heavily - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Step heavily - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Beat the pants off - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Defeat soundly - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Tread heavily - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Shellac - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
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.
- Admission of defeat - ILOST, used 40 times
- Defeat - WORST, used 32 times
- Admission of defeat - ILOSE, used 22 times
- Unexpected defeat - UPSET, used 19 times
- Suffers defeat - LOSES, used 16 times
- Cry of defeat - UNCLE, used 15 times
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