trounce
verb
trounced; trouncing
: to thrash or punish severely
especially
: to defeat decisively
trounced the rival team
Examples of trounce in a Sentence
our candidate trounced her opponent in the election, winning with 76% of the vote
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The Bulls trounced the injury-laden Mavericks.
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Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
Even though Goldwater was trounced, his ideas gained momentum and culminated in the election of Ronald Reagan for president in 1980, the golden age of Republicanism.
—Paul Miller, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Oregon came off a bye in last year’s Rose Bowl quarterfinal and got trounced 41-21 by Ohio State — all three other teams with byes also lost in the quarterfinals.
—Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
Argentina was governed by Alberto Fernández and ex-President and now VP Cristina Fernández de Kirchner who trounced Macri in 2019 general elections.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 21 Dec. 2025
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“Trounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trounce. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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trounce
verb
trounced; trouncing
: to thrash or punish severely
especially
: to defeat thoroughly
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