BEATEN

• Defeated

• Hammered

• Kind of path

• Knocked off

• Licked

• Like a used drum

• Like batter

• Like losers

• Like losers, by definition

• Like meringue

• Like some paths

• Like some paths or now-clean rugs

• Like some paths or rugs

• Much traveled

• Off the ___ path

• Off the ___ path (uncommon)

• Pulverized

• Pummeled

• Stopped

• Stuck with a loss

• Thrown for a loss

• Trounced

• Vanquished

• Weatherworn

• Well-worn

• Whipped

• Whipped butter initially consumed (6)