clobber

verb

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Pronunciation: /ˈklɒb.ə(ɹ)/ / /ˈklɑb.ɚ/

Etymology: Of obscure origin, but compare clabber (“mud, wet clay”).

Etymology: British slang from 1941; possibly onomatopoeic of the sound of detonated bombs in the distance.

To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.
“So the temptation to clobber was always there, and it was sometimes more difficult not to strike than it would have been to strike, and the consequences be damned.”
“2000 November 30, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page 3034, Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the East African Standard newspaper we saw a picture of a man being carried away after being clobbered. We also saw women being clobbered by well-built policemen using big clubs. They were clobbering women who had already fallen on the ground.”
To overwrite (data) or override (an assignment of a value), often unintentionally or unexpectedly.
“It is therefore clear that the system itself must be truly "clobber proof"; that is, no user may be capable of changing anyone else's program or tying up the system in any way that would disrupt normal service to other users.”
“In the slang of computer programmers, the second re-entry address is likely to "clobber" the machine's memory of the original re-entry address.”