Bodyslam

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Such a throw
  2. 2
    A devastating blow against an opponent. figuratively

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    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 figuratively

    "He is struggling with his swing, and undoubtedly that has bodyslammed his inner psyche."

Example

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"I had never taken a bodyslam much less a piledriver."

Etymology

From body + slam.

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