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trounce

/tɹaʊns/
noun
  1. An act of trouncing: a severe beating, a thrashing; a thorough defeat.

verb
  1. To beat severely; to thrash.

  2. 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."

  3. To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.

    Similar: censure, rebuke

Synonymscensure, rebuke

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