A Very Heady Defeat Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is THRASHING which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: THRASHING

Updated: October 13, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood

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1	99%	9		Exact Match!
2	36%	7		Making heady progress
3	36%	9		Strongly fragrant and heady in scent

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "THRASHING" which means:

noun

• A sound defeat
• The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

verb

• To beat mercilessly.
• To defeat utterly.
• To thresh.
• To move about wildly or violently; to flail; to labour.
• To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result.
• In computer architecture, to cause poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system.

An example sentence would be:

• "He received a thrashing from his older brother after breaking the vase."
• "The team suffered a heavy thrashing in the championship match."

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