"dominating" = "utterly submissive, ineffectual"

[Laurence Horn]

On Jan 21, 2013, at 11:01 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

> At 1/21/2013 10:18 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>> Another reversal, possibly via "overwhelming."
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> Overwhelming vs. overwhelmed; dominating vs. dominated.
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> Joel

Well, the Pats were bested by the Ravens, and also worsted by them.

LH
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>> JL
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>> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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>> > Subject:      "dominating" = "utterly submissive, ineffectual"
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>> > "There will be plenty of pieces of the blame pie to go around after
>> > the Patriots' sudden, stunning, and dominating 28-13 loss to the
>> > Ravens in Sunday night's AFC Championship game at Gillette Stadium."
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>> > Boston Globe sports columnist Greg A. Bedard, "On Football", in today's
>> > issue.
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>> > Joel
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