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to trounce
01
to decisively defeat the opposition by a significant margin in a competition, race, or conflict
Transitive: to trounce an opponent
Examples
The experienced team managed to trounce their competitors in the basketball tournament.
02
to criticize or punish someone harshly
Transitive: to trounce sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
trounce
3rd person singular
trounces
Present participle
trouncing
Past simple
trounced
Past participle
trounced
Examples
The coach trounced the team for their lack of discipline during practice.
03
to beat or strike someone or something severely
Transitive: to trounce sb/sth
Examples
He trounced the punching bag with all his strength during his workout.
Lexical Tree
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