bodyslam

Etymology

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1. 1

   To throw an opponent bodily on the floor, eg in wrestling or judo, sometimes also…

   To throw an opponent bodily on the floor, eg in wrestling or judo, sometimes also throwing one's own body on top of them

   • I had never taken a bodyslam much less a piledriver.
2. 2

   To deliver a devastating blow against an opponent

   • He is struggling with his swing, and undoubtedly that has bodyslammed his inner psyche.
   • The recession is bodyslamming Corporate America in a new and troubling way.
   • By bodyslamming its new Rob Lowe courtroom drama, "The Lyon's Den," against ABC's surprisingly resurgent courtroom drama, "The Practice," NBC hastened the swift demise of its best fall entry.
3. 3

   Such a throw

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   1. 4

      A devastating blow against an opponent.

      • Just a simple bodyslam of everyone else in the sector. Which is why I am glad I never sold my Cisco. But it is also why I am not buying more.

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