As a matter of fact, to quote Marvin Hagler as to why he was considered one of the greatest middleweights of all time, and yet not a 1-punch KO artist, he said:

"Oh, I don't try to get you out of there right away. I take my time with you. I give you an ass whipping, and I make sure you're not the same man when you get out of here as you were when you got in."

That statement right there has always stuck with me. It describes the kind of gradual thorough destruction I was talking about ... and, to me, is a ultimately a more brutal way to get defeated than by a one-punch KO.

Similarly, in the dogs, I think suffering a constant, thorough, progressive ass kicking ... where a dog gets better and better the longer it goes ... likewise describes an ultimately more thorough, more bruat way to truly beat a dog than by "a lucky bite," hold, hitting a bleeder, etc.

Jack