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trounce::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | beat, beat out, crush, shell, vanquish |
| Type of | get the better of, defeat, overcome |
| Has types | outgo, outmatch, outperform, outplay, outpoint, outscore, outstrip, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, worst, best, cheat, checkmate, chicane, chouse, clobber, cream, drub, eliminate, exceed, get over, get the best, get the jump, have the best, immobilise, immobilize, jockey, lick, master, mate, mop up, outdo, outfight, outflank, thrash, trump, walk over, whip, whomp, bat, pip, rack up, rout, scoop, screw, shaft, spread-eagle, spreadeagle, subdue, surmount, surpass |
| Verb group | overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent, outwit |
| Derivation | trouncing |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task |
| Type of | criticize, criticise, knock, pick apart |
| Has types | brush down, correct, tell off, objurgate, chasten, chastise, castigate |
Examples of trounce
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It's like, they're waiting to trounce on anything that, once again, is divisive.
From the inrich.com
Before Wednesday night's victory England watched New Zealand trounce France 45-7.
From the guardian.co.uk
Even if they don't win the division, I hope they trounce the Cubs all season.
From the jsonline.com
And she would trounce Wisconsin congressman Ryan by 50-38 percent, the poll showed.
From the newsday.com
This frees Juniper to concentrate on designing products that trounce the competition.
From the businessweek.com
The Saturday nightcap saw the Liberty trounce the Oak Park Windmills 16-3.
From the dailyherald.com
He left school at age 17 to join the patriotic trounce against our enemies.
From the denverpost.com
In a normal year, most analysts agree, Stivers would simply trounce Kilroy.
From the time.com
Its current surveys indicate Republicans are likely to trounce Democrats in November.
From the online.wsj.com
- Flog: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
- Beat: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
- Call on the carpet: 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"
- (trouncing) thrashing: a sound defeat
- (trouncing) beating: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
- To win against (someone) by a wide margin; to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily; to punish; to beat severely; thrash
- To punish by course of law, or fist. TRUCK. To exchange, swop, or barter.
