spreadeagle

Other forms: spreadeagled

Definitions of spreadeagle
  1. verb
    defeat disastrously
    synonyms: rout, spread-eagle
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    type of:
    beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
    come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
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