to trounce
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7.5
- verb
- /traʊns/
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- The Dodgers trounce the Mets 10-to-2.
Devastate Debbie, Dominate Debbie, Trounce Debbie?
- Devastate Debbie, Dominate Debbie, Trounce Debbie?
- They've beat the S&P;, they've trounced gold And so actually to you'll never stop them hoarding treasuries.
- That is a loss of face, loss of standing in the community and, and, and now you're a a Zeta chump cause your idea got trounced.
Examples
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Gee, if Fox News is so bad, why do they continuously trounce their competitors in the ratings?
Blog text (30) -
Last night, Columbus trounced St. Paul nine-three.
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And he also set up the phone banks that helped Sarah Davis trounce her opponent and helped David.
Blog text (14) -
And I can't let him trounce my army and get away with it either.
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Not only did Edge not trounce the competition in our tests, it didn't even get the high score.
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We had games where we just trounced them and we escorted almost without any resistance.
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George barely squeaked by in 2000, and trounced Kerry in 2004.
Blog text (10) -
The day before the election, Bill bet George W. Bush would trounce Al Gore by 320 to 218 electoral votes.
Academic text (2010) -
President Barack Obama trounced Romney in the electoral college, winning 332 electoral votes compared to Romney's 206.
Blog text (23) -
The team managed to trounce their rivals by a score of 6-1 in the championship match.
Synonyms
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1.4
To defeat another person or team in a contest
932
2.1
To beat someone in a game, fight, or contest
557
1.7
Beat someone completely in a contest or game
386
4.7
To defeat completely, often by force, ending a group or idea
109
7.2
Beat someone or something completely in a conflict
53
9.9
To hurt or defeat someone very badly, often by hitting them
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8.7
To beat someone by a large amount in a contest or game
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3.7
Defeat an opponent completely and easily
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7.7
To beat someone completely in a game or fight
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7.5
To beat someone completely in a game or contest
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4.5
Beat someone completely in a game or contest
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8.5
To beat someone very badly in a game or match
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8.8
To beat someone easily and completely
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6.8
To defeat someone completely in a contest
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7.2
To beat someone in a fight by being stronger or more skilled
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8.8
To beat someone badly in a game or fight
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6.7
To beat someone very easily and completely in a game or contest
To defeat someone completely in a contest or argument
To beat someone badly in a game
Defeat an opponent easily in a game or contest
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Etymology
Trounce comes from an old word meaning 'to beat', and over time the idea moved from a physical beating to a strong victory in a contest. So to trounce someone today is to defeat them completely.