trounce in English

verb

1

defeat heavily in a contest.

the Knicks trounced the Rockets on Sunday

synonyms: defeat convincingly, rout, crush, overwhelm, hammer, clobber, thrash, whip, drub, shellac, cream, skunk, pulverize, massacre, crucify, demolish, destroy, blow away, annihilate, make mincemeat of, wipe the floor with, walk all over, murder

verb

defeat convincingly, rout, crush, overwhelm, hammer, clobber, thrash, whip, drub, shellac, cream, skunk, pulverize, massacre, crucify, demolish, destroy, blow away, annihilate, make mincemeat of, wipe the floor with, walk all over, murder
crush, shell, beat out, vanquish, beat
lambaste, call down, lambast, jaw, bawl out, chide, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, chew up, take to task, have words, berate, chew out, dress down, lecture, scold, reprimand, reproof
whip, strap, flog, lash, welt, slash, lather

Use "trounce" in a sentence

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4. His rise underscores how Goldman has been able to trounce many of its peers.

5. Did you knowthat chimpanzees can trounce humans in short-term memory games?

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7. We lose wap and get Bumbaste, lose that and get trounce, lose that and get strum

8. Portugal recover from a poor first-half to trounce Belgium 4-0 with Carvalho at centre-back and Ferreira at left-back.

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15. Chide v 1: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, Chide, berate