Definition of 'trounce'

Verb

1. beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
      Synonyms: flog welt whip lather lash slash strap
2. 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"
      Synonyms: beat beat out crush shell vanquish
3. 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"
      Synonyms: call on the carpet take to task rebuke rag reproof lecture reprimand jaw dress down call down scold chide berate bawl out remonstrate chew out chew up have words lambaste lambast

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