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   drub

   /drʌb/

   verb

   • 1. hit or beat (someone) repeatedly: "he was drubbed with tiresome regularity by his classmates"
   • ▪ defeat thoroughly in a match or contest: "the Cleveland Indians drubbed Baltimore 9–0"

   Word Origin early 17th century: probably from Arabic ḍaraba ‘to beat, bastinado’. The first recorded uses in English are by travellers in the Near East referring specifically to the punishment of bastinado.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • D

     2

   • R

     1

   • U

     1

   • B

     3

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