3
setback(noun, break, check, defeat, fall)
3
stroke
3
vanquishment(noun, break, act, check, defeat)
2
clobbering(noun, verb, surrender, retreat, disaster)
2
corporal punishment(expression, idiom)
2
dig
2
fiasco
2
flagellation
2
hammering(noun, verb, defeat, pasting, beating)
2
mastery(noun, break, check, defeat, fall)
2
mauling
2
pounding(noun, verb, defeat, beating, thrashing)
2
quietus
2
rap
2
retreat(noun, surrender, disaster, embarrassment, beating)
2
set-back(noun, defeat, affection, deprivation)
2
slam
2
spanking(beating, whipping)
2
washout(noun, defeat, surrender, retreat, affection)
2
whacking
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