Trounce
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transitive verb.
To thrash; beat.
transitive verb.
To defeat decisively.
transitive verb.
To criticize severely.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To punish or beat severely; thrash or whip smartly; castigate.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
to
win
against (someone) by a wide
margin
; to
beat
thoroughly, to defeat heavily
verb.
to punish
verb.
to beat severely; thrash
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb.
beat severely with a whip or rod
verb.
censure severely or angrily
verb.
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Word Usage
"Let's not forget we've seen the SNP hit the mid to high 30s in other poll so there's no reason why they won't "trounce" Labour yet."
Form
trounced
trouncing
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
announce
bounce
denounce
flounce
mispronounce
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
beat-down
bunkum
castigation
creaming
currying
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
assail
attack
baste
bastinado
bear the palm
verb-form
trounced
trounces
trouncing