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trounce

Verbs

• (v) beat severely with a whip or rod
  • The teacher often flogged the students
  • The children were severely trounced
  flog, lash, lather, welt, whip, slash, strap,
• (v) 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
  beat, beat out, vanquish, crush, shell,
• (v) 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
  bawl out, berate, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, rebuke, reproof, scold, take to task, call down, lambast, lambaste, lecture, reprimand, remonstrate, jaw, rag,

Synonyms

flog lash lather welt whip slash strap beat beat out vanquish crush shell bawl out berate call on the carpet chew out chew up chide dress down have words rebuke reproof scold take to task call down lambast lambaste lecture reprimand remonstrate jaw rag

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