Historical clue formulations

• Trounce — 2026-05-17
• Trounce, informally — 2024-12-24
• Beat decisively, informally — 2023-01-23
• Clobber but good — 2022-08-22
• Give a good beatin' — 2019-07-11
• Beat the tar out of — 2016-08-14
• Lick — 2013-10-06
• Clobber — 2012-10-12
• Tan — 2009-11-19
• Beat, and how! — 2005-09-10
• Trounce — 2004-08-19
• Beat but good! — 2001-08-13
• Paste — 1998-10-03
• Lick — 1995-11-09
• Defeat, slangily — 1995-09-02
• Defeat, a la Ali — 1994-10-03