Adelaide has suffered a 66-point loss at the hands of Hawthorn at Adelaide Oval in Round 20 on Sunday afternoon.
Sam Mitchell's charges had a 0-5 start to the season but are now 11-8 and just percentage outside the top eight after their 19.10 (124) to 8.10 (58) win at the Adelaide Oval.
After Josh Rachele kicked Adelaide's sixth for the day early in the second term, Hawthorn piled on 13 unanswered goals to record an ominous thumping.
The Hawks also kept the Crows goalless for almost all of the entire second half, until the home side kicked two consolation goals in the last 90 seconds of the match.
Smooth-moving midfielder Will Day was prolific, excelling from the opening whistle alongside the superb Connor Macdonald (28 disposals, two goals).
Jarman Impey and Karl Amon delivered plenty of drive and quality foot skills off half-back, while Jai Newcome provided grunt.
Taylor Walker kicked three goals for Adelaide, while Jake Soligo (30 disposals), Lachlan Sholl (29) and Rory Laird (29) fought hard around the ball.
The energetic Hawks snagged three of the game's first four goals, with evergreen veteran Luke Breust kicking two.
Adelaide youngster Billy Dowling thought he had toe-poked the Crows in front late in the term, but the ball was ruled to have come off his knee.
Then, Riley Thilthorpe gave Adelaide a six-point lead at the first change.
The second term was a see-sawing affair, highlighted by a wonderful sidestep and goal on the run from Day, as the Hawks nudged out to a 15-point lead at half-time.
Hawthorn then added four more goals to extend its lead to 30 points at three-quarter time.
In the final term the Crows appeared out on their feet while the Hawks kept coming, racking up six more goals to turn the game into a thrashing.
Luckless Hawthorn defender Changkuoth Jiath came off sore late in the game.
Hawthorn next faces tough tests against Greater Western Sydney in Canberra and Carlton at the MCG, followed by clashes with cellar dwellars Richmond (MCG) and North Melbourne (Launceston).
Adelaide, sitting 15th and out of finals contention, plays Geelong at GMHBA Stadium next round.
ADELAIDE 5.6 6.6 6.8 8.10 (58)
HAWTHORN 5.0 9.3 13.8 19.10 (124)
GOALS
Adelaide: Walker 3, Thilthorpe 2, Rachele, Murphy, Keays
Hawthorn: Watson 2, Newcombe 2, Dear 2, Chol 2, Sicily 2, Ginnivan 2, Breust 2, Macdonald 2, Moore, Impey, Day
BEST
Adelaide: Soligo, Sholl, Laird, Hinge
Hawthorn: Day, Newcombe, Impey, Nash, Macdonald
INJURIES
Adelaide: TBC
Hawthorn: Jiath (shoulder)
LATE CHANGE
Adelaide: Brodie Smith (illness) replaced by Dan Curtin
SUBSTITUTES
Adelaide: Dan Curtin, replaced Elliott Himmelberg in the third quarter
Hawthorn: Finn Maginness, replaced Luke Breust at three-quarter time
Crowd: 41,823 at Adelaide Oval
