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SPREADEAGLE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they spreadeagle ... he / she / it spreadeagles
Past simple: spreadeagled
Past participle: spreadeagled
-ing form: spreadeagling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Defeat disastrously
Synonyms:
rout; spread-eagle; spreadeagle
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "spreadeagle" is one way to...):
beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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