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Decisive defeat
Answer for the clue "Decisive defeat ", 11 letters:
shellacking
Word definitions for shellacking in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood [syn: shellac varnish ] v. cover with shellac; "She wanted to shellac the ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context informal US English) A heavy defeat, drubbing, or beating; used particularly in sports and political contexts. vb. (present participle of shellac English)
Usage examples of shellacking.
I mean: I took a hell of a shellacking from that plug-ugly in the office.