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trounce, v.
(trounced, trounces, trouncing)

censure severely or angrily
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bawl out berate call down call on the carpet chew out chew up chide dress down have words jaw lambast lambaste lecture rag rebuke remonstrate reprimand scold take to task trounce

sample sentences

"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"

verb frames

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scolding scolder

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hyponym

castigate, correct, chastise, objurgate, chasten tell off, brush down

hypernym

criticize, criticise, knock, pick apart

come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
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beat beat out crush shell trounce vanquish

sample sentences

"Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"
"We beat the competition"
"Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
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Something ----s somebody
The fighter managed to %s his opponent

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beatable beating

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vanquishable vanquisher

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outpoint, outscore walk over eliminate whip, worst, pip, mop up, rack up whomp get the best, have the best, overcome spread-eagle, spreadeagle, rout get the jump cheat, jockey, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane exceed, surpass, outdo, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, surmount, outperform overcome, surmount, master, get over, subdue best, outdo, outflank, trump, scoop outfight overpower, overmaster, overwhelm checkmate, mate immobilize, immobilise outplay lick, cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash

entailment

hypernym

overcome, defeat, get the better of

verb group

outsmart, overreach, outwit, outfox, beat, circumvent

beat severely with a whip or rod
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flog lash lather slash strap trounce welt whip

sample sentences

"The teacher often flogged the students"
"The children were severely trounced"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
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They want to %s the prisoners

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whip whipping whip whipper

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hypernym

beat, beat up, work over

hyponym

flagellate, scourge leather horsewhip switch cowhide cat birch