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trounce
/tɹaʊns/
noun
An act of trouncing: a severe beating, a thrashing; a thorough defeat.
verb
To beat severely; to thrash.
To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
"The Mexican team trounced the Americans by 10 goals to 1."
To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.
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