Trounce
trounce
[trouns]
Verb :
- defeat heavily in a contest:
“the Knicks trounced the Rockets on Sunday”Synonyms: defeat convincingly · rout · crush · overwhelm · hammer · clobber · thrash · whip · drub · shellac · cream · skunk · pulverize · massacre · crucify · demolish · destroy · blow away · annihilate · make mincemeat of · wipe the floor with · walk all over · murder
- rebuke or punish severely:
“some shows were trounced by critics”
Origin: mid 16th cent. (also in the sense ‘afflict’): of unknown origin.
Forms:Oxford Dictionary
trouncing (present participle)