ちのめす
uchinomesu

Godan Verb (su)

1. to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up

Transitive
Godan Verb (su)

2. to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush; to overwhelm; to defeat resoundingly; to give (an opponent) a drubbing

Transitive
彼女 かのじょはその かなしい らせに ちのめされた。
kanojowa sono kanashii shiraseni uchinomesareta.
She was overwhelmed by the sad news.