打ちのめす

Meaning

1. v5svt
   to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up
2. v5svt
   to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush; to overwhelm; to defeat resoundingly; to give (an opponent) a drubbing
3. v5svt
   to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to beat to a pulp
4. v5svt
   to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush; to overwhelm; to defeat resoundingly; to give (an opponent) a drubbing

Example sentences

• 彼女はその悲しい知らせに打ちのめされた。

  She was overwhelmed by the sad news.

• 彼は憂うつな感情に打ちのめされた。

  He was overcome by a feeling of melancholy.

• 何度も何度も打ちのめされても、頑張って続けるなんてすごく偉いよ。

  It's so admirable how you keep fighting, even when you've been knocked down over and over again.