The term 'defeated soundly' can be described by the following crossword solutions: creamed (7 letters), TROUNCED (8 letters), shellacked (10 letters), OVERRAN (7 letters), and putitto (7 letters). Creamed means to defeat someone easily, TROUNCED means to defeat someone decisively, shellacked means to defeat someone overwhelmingly, OVERRAN means to overwhelm someone with superior numbers or force, and putitto means to defeat someone completely. All of these words describe a situation in which one party has been soundly defeated by another.