trounce
trounce/trouns/
verb
defeat heavily in a contest.
"the Knicks trounced the Rockets on Sunday"
synonyms: defeat utterly, beat hollow, win a resounding victory over, annihilate, drub, rout, give someone a drubbing, crush, overwhelm, bring someone to their knees, hammer, clobber, thrash, paste, give someone a pasting, whip, pound, pulverize, massacre, crucify, demolish, destroy, wipe the floor with, take to the cleaners, make mincemeat of, murder, flatten, turn inside out, run rings around, stuff, marmalize, shellac, blow out, cream, skunk, own
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Sep 6, 2024 · The meaning of TROUNCE is to thrash or punish severely; especially : to defeat decisively. How to use trounce in a sentence.
to defeat a competitor by a large amount: The Celtics trounced the Lakers 131 - 92 last night in Boston. She trounced her rivals in the election.
verb (used with object) · to beat severely; thrash. · to punish. · to defeat decisively.
When you trounce someone, you win decisively. If you win a chess match in three moves, you trounce your opponent.
If you trounce someone in a competition or contest, you defeat them easily or by a large score. [informal]. The 49ers trounced the Miami Dolphins 38-16.
to defeat (someone or something) easily and thoroughly. Their opponents trounced them in the final game. [=their opponents won by a large amount].
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(transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
trounce somebody to defeat somebody completely. Brazil trounced Italy 5–1 in the final. He was roundly trounced in last November's election.
a serious defeat: the party's trouncing in the last election. In a 44-14 trouncing, the team suffered six turnovers in the second half.