hammering
n.a very bad defeat or a loud, repeated hitting sound. If your team loses by a lot of points, they took a real hammering.
n.a heavy or comprehensive defeat in a contest; alternatively, the act of striking repeatedly with a heavy object. Often used figuratively in sports or financial contexts to describe a significant loss.
“The local team took a hammering in the final game.”
“After the disappointing earnings report, the company's stock took a hammering on the open market.”
“The constant hammering from the construction site next door made it impossible for the residents to concentrate on their work throughout the afternoon.”
Commonly used in the idiomatic phrase 'to take a hammering'.
“Inside, I do a double-take: the men working are hammering together wooden coffins.”
“Those changes, and the hammering out of details, are why we went from a Canadian government confident a deal was coming on Thursday to one that was bringing the negotiating team home Friday night.”