"dominating" = "utterly submissive, ineffectual"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Another reversal, possibly via "overwhelming."

JL

On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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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
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> Joel
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